{"id":6180,"date":"2024-02-27T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/odm-supporters-will-settle-for-ruto-over-kalonzo-in-2027-alai\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:03:51","slug":"odm-supporters-will-settle-for-ruto-over-kalonzo-in-2027-alai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/odm-supporters-will-settle-for-ruto-over-kalonzo-in-2027-alai\/","title":{"rendered":"ODM supporters will settle for Ruto over Kalonzo in 2027: Alai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 \u2014 Nairobi\u2019s Kileleswa ward representative Robert Alai has stirred a storm in the opposition Azimio Coalition after claiming ODM leader Raila Odinga\u2019s supporter would back President William Ruto\u2019s reelection in 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alai, a member of the ODM, said supporters of the opposition party would pick Ruto over Wiper Party\u2019s Kalonzo Musyoka who has been banking on Odinga\u2019s support having backed his presidential ambitions thrice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Baba is not in the race in 2027 and given between Kalonzo and Ruto, ODM supporters would easily go for Ruto. ODM supporters would trust Ruto over Kalonzo ANY DAY,\u201d Alai said in a comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said President Ruto, leader of the UDA party, has a better chance of winning over ODM supporters than Kalonzo who has been Odinga\u2019s running mate in two elections in 2013 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Alai made the comment hours after Odinga announced he had secured President Ruto\u2019s assurance to present him as Kenya\u2019s candidate for the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson slot. <\/p>\n<p>He said the move (ODM\u2019s support for Ruto) would anger former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who backed Odinga\u2019s presidential bid in 2022, and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that Rigathi Gachagua and Uhuru hate this more than anyone else but that\u2019s the truth,\u201d Alai argued.<\/p>\n<p>Odinga announced Ruto\u2019s backing late Monday, saying Uganda\u2019s Yoweri Museveni also promised to back his bid following a meeting at his rural home in Kisozi.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 \u2014 Nairobi\u2019s Kileleswa ward representative Robert Alai has stirred a storm in the opposition Azimio Coalition after claiming ODM leader Raila Odinga\u2019s supporter would back President William Ruto\u2019s reelection in 2027. Alai, a member of the ODM, said supporters of the opposition party would pick Ruto over Wiper Party\u2019s Kalonzo Musyoka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}