Former UNCTAD secretary general Mukhisa Kituyi has finally registered Party of Growth and Prosperity.
Kituyi, who resigned from the plum post three months before his official contract came to an end, intends to use the party to vie for presidency in 2022.
According to PGP secretary general Saul Busolo, they met all the requirements to qualify for a certificate of full registration.
Busolo, a former Webuye MP, however said Kituyi intends to change the name of the party before officially unveiling it and hitting countrywide campaigns.
"Kituyi also wishes to change the name to Sauti ya Wazalendo (Sawa) with theslogan ‘Mbele iko Sawa’,"Busolo said.
Busolo said that Kituyi had initiated talks with Defense Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa to have them consolidate their parties and have a strong party.
Wamalwa is associated with Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) which picked Kanduyi MP Wafula Wamunyinyi as the party leader while his Tongaren counterpart Eseli Simiyu is the secretary general.
This is after they failed to remove Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang'ula as Ford Kenya party leader.
"DAP-K wanted to bring Mukhisa on board so that they unify forces and use him as a presidential candidate," Busolo said.
He added that this did not happen because"by then PGP had not been registered. We are still asking them to support our own for prosperity of Western Kenya and the country at large."
Observers are keen to know if DAP-K will support Kituyi after unveiling his party or they will go by their word of supporting ODM leader Raila Odinga under the Azimio la Umoja umbrella.
(edited by Amol Awuor)
