Musalia Mudavadi has dismissed
claims he is being used by Mt Kenya people to ensure President Uhuru
Kenyatta retains his seat in the 2017 general election.
The Amani leader said he is not a cowardly candidate for the race and underlined his seriousness in vying for the seat.
"All these politicians - Raila Odinga, his father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, former President Daniel Moi and Martin Shikuku - at one time supported and backed a candidate from Mt Kenya, so they should stop labeling me a project," he said.
Mudavadi, who has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President, further noted that he will compete against candidates who have run more than once for the top seat.
"The other candidates have vied more than once, including Uhuru who won after standing for the second time. Raila Odinga has vied three times," he said.
"How come when Mudavadi performs his constitutional right of vying for the second time he is branded a project?"
He spoke at Kabiro grounds in Kawangware, Nairobi, during his party's launch of a voter registration exercise on Monday.
Mudavadi said his journey to State House has began with sensitising supporters to register as voters turn up in large numbers for next year's August poll.
He discouraged travel upcountry saying this will deny some the chance to vote, affecting his numbers.
He also asked Luhyas living in Nairobi to vie for elective posts.
The Amani leader said he is not a cowardly candidate for the race and underlined his seriousness in vying for the seat.
"All these politicians - Raila Odinga, his father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, former President Daniel Moi and Martin Shikuku - at one time supported and backed a candidate from Mt Kenya, so they should stop labeling me a project," he said.
Mudavadi, who has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President, further noted that he will compete against candidates who have run more than once for the top seat.
"The other candidates have vied more than once, including Uhuru who won after standing for the second time. Raila Odinga has vied three times," he said.
"How come when Mudavadi performs his constitutional right of vying for the second time he is branded a project?"
He spoke at Kabiro grounds in Kawangware, Nairobi, during his party's launch of a voter registration exercise on Monday.
Mudavadi said his journey to State House has began with sensitising supporters to register as voters turn up in large numbers for next year's August poll.
He discouraged travel upcountry saying this will deny some the chance to vote, affecting his numbers.
He also asked Luhyas living in Nairobi to vie for elective posts.
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