Ruto to make "major announcement"

The United Republican Party (URP) leader William Ruto is expected to make a "major announcement" Friday morning.

Mr Ruto's campaign team sent a invite to media saying the Eldoret North MP will hold a news conference in Nairobi before heading to Kericho for a rally.

Mr Ruto's URP and The National Alliance (TNA) party leader Uhuru Kenyatta, under the Jubilee Coalition, will hold a series of rally in the expansive Rift Valley.

Mr Kenyatta is expected in Kipkelion at 10.00 am while Mr Ruto will address Jubilee supporters at Ndenai.

The two leaders will then address a rally in Kericho town at 2.00 pm.

A Jubilee rally has been slated for Uhuru Park, Nairobi on Saturday.

Elsewhere, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) and the Amani coalition will pitch tent in western Kenya.

Cord presidential candidate Raila Odinga (ODM), his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka (WDM) and Trade Minister Moses Wetang’ula (Ford Kenya) will be in Kakamega on Friday.

On Saturday, they will proceed to Kitale for a rally at the Kenyatta Stadium and wind up their tour of the two regions with a visit to Bungoma on Sunday for a rally at the Posta Grounds.

The Amani coalition team led by its presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi of UDF and Eugene Wamalwa (New Ford Kenya) will hold rallies in Bungoma before moving to Kakamega on Saturday in a calculated move by the coalition to undo campaigns by their opponents.

Mr Mudavadi’s team will be in Trans-Nzoia on Sunday before proceeding to Busia on Monday and wrap up in Vihiga on Tuesday.