Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has given his own version of the behind-the-scenes intrigues that led to a six-hour delay in signing the deal between One Kenya Alliance and Azimio la Umoja.
Speaking at an event in Tseikuru Technical Training Institute in Kitui County on Sunday, March 13, the former Vice President claimed that the delay was brought about by Raila's refusal to sign the deal.
Kalonzo further roped Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu into the matter claiming that she was preventing the ODM leader from signing the deal.
"Our negotiations with Azimio took long because of Governor Ngilu who had accompanied Odinga to the negotiations table.
"I was accompanied by Kanu chairman Gideon Moi. Ngilu didn't want anything to do with the Azimio-OKA grand coalition. She kept telling Raila not to sign into the deal," he stated.
The Wiper leader, however, failed to give the reasons why he thought the Kitui Governor was trying to frustrate the deal.
He was reacting to a story by the Nation the OKA principals, alongside Raila and President Uhuru Kenyatta, remained at State House for nearly six hours on Saturday morning, March 12, as they awaited the conclusion of the grand deal. The protracted negotiations saw the delegates' conference start at 3 pm instead of the planned 8am - much to the dismay of attendees.
"I was reading the papers this morning and they were reporting about six-hour delay, the truth of the matter is that Raila had refused to sign as he was being prevented from signing by Charity Ngilu.
"They didn't want Kalonzo to benefit from anything. They didn't want to hear about Azimio-Oka. That is the truth," Kalonzo stated.
A source close to the Wiper leader confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke that there was no bad blood between the two leaders, Kalonzo and Ngilu, explaining that the former Vice President was just setting the record straight.
Media reports had claimed that Kalonzo wanted equal stake as principals to that of ODM as well as Jubilee. He also wanted a structured agreement, the running mate slot and a share of the government.
