G7 Alliance vows to hold together till 2012

Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo on Monday came under attack from leaders of the G7 alliance for dismissing the grouping.

The leaders of the G7 alliance vowed to stick together ahead of 2012 elections and dismissed claims that it will disintegrate before the polls.

Speaking in Kebura Nchogu Primary school in South Mugirango Constituency, the alliance led by Eldoret North MP William Ruto, Mr Eugene Wamalwa (Saboti), Mr Isaac Ruto (Chepalungu) and former South Mugirango MP Omingo Magara said their alliance will form the next government.

The MPs said they have not appointed anybody to speak on their behalf terming Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo’s remarks as “outrageous”. (READ: I have quit G7 Alliance, says Jirongo)

“Who is Jirongo to speak on behalf of G7 Alliance, when was he appointed the party’s spokesperson?” posed Chepalungu MP.

On Sunday Mr Jirongo claimed that G7 will disintegrate ahead of next elections and that some members of the alliance were President Kibaki’s project of succession politics.

The Eldoret MP expressed optimism that their alliance will make the next government claiming that the country needs leaders who are not out to serve their selfish interests.

Selfish interests

“The G7 have agreed to trade above selfish interests because of the unity of Kenyans across the border, not what an individual will gain out of leadership,” said Mr Ruto.

Separately, Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang’ poured cold water on G7 alliance terming it as “a basket full of busybodies which has reached dead end”.

Mr Kajwang’ said the political groupings of G-7 and PNU alliances were busy going round the same circle due to panic at ODM.

“There is too much smoke coming out from their kitchen with very little cooking going on,” he said.