A Proclamation by Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah on endorsing Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance flag bearer Raila Odinga has elicited mixed reactions throwing the fastest rising political party in the country into limbo.
Speaking to a local television station on Wednesday Wajackoyah's running mate Justina Wamae came out accusing the Roots Party boss of being an Azimio mole affirming that he had indeed endorsed Odinga’s bid.
Wamae stirred clear that she was not consulted in the making of the decision further noting that if asked to follow suit then she would “support the contrary.”
“It is true the allegations that my principal and party leader is supporting Azimio, but we have not discussed that as a party; we have not agreed, neither have I been consulted,” she said.
“However, let me make it clear that if push comes to shove and am asked to support the other 3 presidential candidates who are our worthy opponents then; I, Justina Wangui Wamae, a youth and a woman of sound mind would support the contrary.”
The difference between the duo came into play after Wajackoyah, in a now viral video while at an entertainment joint in Kisumu, endorsed Azimio la Umoja One Kenya’s presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
“I am here to join in the pack of liberators in this country. And the person I look at, the person who makes me stand here is none other than Raila Amollo Odinga,” the Roots Party boss is heard saying amid cheers from the revellers .
The party has since refuted assertions that, by uttering those words, Wajackoyah was actually proclaiming his support for Odinga’s bid.
“The notion that Prof Wajackoyah has endorsed Raila Odinga is a hopeless imagination and a wishful thinking that only exists in the minds of a biased media,” noted the party's spokesperson Jaymo Ule Msee
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