FALSE: Reports Kalonzo is joining Kenya Kwanza fake

“I think those are wishful thinkers...," he said.

In Summary

•Kalonzo is still a member of Azimio La One Umoja One Kenya Alliance, as a principal, and is yet to announce such a move.

•The Wiper leader on Sunday dismissed the reports as fake.

Reports that Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka is planning to join Kenya Kwanza Alliance are fake.

A section of Kenyans took to social media to make the allegations saying the former Vice President had ditched Azimio.

In one of the fake reports, it was alleged that Kalonzo had agreed to join Kenya Kwanza to be a National Assembly speaker.

Fact-checker has however debunked the reports and established that they are not factual.

Kalonzo is still a member of Azimio La One Umoja One Kenya Alliance, as a principal, and is yet to announce such a move.

The Wiper leader on Sunday dismissed the reports as fake.

Addressing journalists after a church service in Nairobi, he said he is focused on the legal process his coalition is setting up to challenge the IEBC results announced by Chebukati.

“I think those are wishful thinkers and you know where we are going…. We are going straight to the Supreme Court,” he said.

Also, information accessed by The Star indicates that Bungoma Senator elect Moses Wetangula is the only candidate unanimously endorsed by the Kenya Kwanza Alliance to be the Speaker of the National Assembly.

The communication of Wetangula being the preferred speaker was made by ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi at a meeting at Deputy President's Karen residence on Saturday.

"I have a singular honour and privilege on behalf of Kenya Kwanza to announce that we have unanimously agreed that the speaker nominee for the National Assembly for the Kenya Kwanza coalition shall be Moses Wetang'ula. Thank you and congratulation on behalf of Kenya Kwanza," Mudavadi said in a meeting convened to sign a post-election agreement with the UDM party.

President-elect William Ruto was present.

 

This fact check was produced by The Star Newspaper with support from Code for Africa’s PesaCheck, African Fact-Checking Alliance Network, and the United Nations Development Program. 

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