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Raila betrayed me in NASA deal and should support me now

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Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka on Tuesday, March 1, made public the secret Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that he and Orange Democratic Movement party leader Raila Odinga signed during the National Super Alliance (NASA) deal. 

Under the deal, Raila promised to support Kalonzo’s Presidential bid in 2022 regardless of whether the National Super Alliance would win the 2017 General Election. 

The Wiper leader explained that although they had agreed to keep the MoU secret, he was forced to go public for the sake of clarifying his stand in the ongoing negotiations for the Azimio Presidential candidate. “I’m giving you copies and I will just read out a few paragraphs. And understand that this document, by its nature, was supposed to be a secret. However, I have explained to the parties the need to make things clear. 

Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and ODM leader Raila Odinga at a past meeting.

“As we begin the fresh rounds of the negotiation process leading to the August election, I have been compelled to release the above document in order to answer some of the criticism labelled against me, quote as being the indecisive kingmaker,” he stated. 

He noted that he had tried twice to have Professor Makau Mutua convene a meeting between him and Raila in order to deliberate on the deal that was allegedly breached. 

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The Wiper leader explained that the alleged breach was the reason he skipped the ODM National Delegates Conference (NDC) – noting that his presence would have been to acquiescence to the legally binding agreement.