Kenya Kanza Running mate Rigathi Gachagua fell out with Chama Cha Mashinani leader Isaac Ruto during the Kericho rally attended by Deputy President William Ruto.
At the Suda, July 24 rally, the sibling rivalry played out when Gachagua took the podium to root for six-piece voting pattern in favour of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.
The Mathira MP argued that the move would help the DP, should he ascend to the Presidency, to carry out development projects with minimal resistance.
He further claimed that the Mt Kenya voters had agreed to vote in UDA candidates and was championing for Rift Valley, the DP's home turf, to join in the bandwagon.
"At the mountain, we have decided that we will vote for William Ruto all the way from the MCA, MP, Senator to Governor. They will all be UDA.
"Yet, I learn that in Kericho and Rift Valley, you people are joking around. stop. In my backyard, all the independents are classified together with Azimio," stated Gachagua.
The Chama Cha Mashinani leader, however, was not impressed by the move challenging the event's programmer to accord members of all parties affiliated to Kenya Kwanza a chance to address the multitude.
He argued that it was wrong for the running mate to impose UDA on the people of Rift Valley.
"I want to tell the programmer that he needs to allow all the other candidates to speak. Do not stop them. Let other candidates also do the same.
"We are going to vote as a block for the Presidential candidates. We shall fight for the other seats and that is true in Bomet and several other areas," he explained.
Six-piece voting has always been a thorny issue within Kenya Kwanza that once placed its principals at loggerheads with the alliance's flag bearer.
At the beginning of the Presidential campaigns, ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi denounced a move by UDA to advocate for uniform voting in the Mt Keny Region.
In December 2021, The Service Party led by Mwangi Kiunjuri also denounced the Kenya Kwanza decision to promote six-piece voting.
According to the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP), the Alliance is constituted of 11 parties.
They are United Democratic Alliance (UDA) headed by Ruto, Amani National Congress (ANC) led by Musalia Mudavadi and Ford Kenya headed by Moses Wetangula.
The other eight parties that were later admitted to the coalition party include Chama Cha Kazi headed by Moses Kuria, Communist Party of Kenya (CPK), Devolution Party of Kenya (DPK) and Economic Freedom Party (EFP).
