Former ANC party official Eliud Owalo has joined Deputy President William Ruto’s team ahead of the 2022 elections.
Owalo left Mudavadi’s ANC party last month saying he felt it was “imperative to create ample space within the Party”.
Owalo on Monday said the country needs a decisive; progressive, responsive; all-inclusive, and participatory leadership anchored on people-centric values.
“Based on the foregoing and informed by a contextual analysis of all the probable 2022 Presidential candidates, I have with effect from today made a deliberate and conscious decision to stand with Kenyans by pursuing my political interests and aspirations within the ambit of the “Hustler” Political Matrix,” he said.
He said he is going to “the full-hog with Bill Ruto’ 2022. ”
He further stated that he did not see the reason for the constitution changes.
“One, therefore, wonders the rationale behind the urgency in unilaterally rushing to the radical conclusion that we need a constitutional change that is not informed by a technically-feasible position,” he said.
“My honest opinion is that our problem is not a bad constitution but lack of enforcement and political goodwill and capture of the state by a few individuals in total disregard to the interests of the Kenyan majority.”
He added that there was a worrying scheme by a ‘few select and privileged families’ to unilaterally decide the leadership of the country.
