Kenya's top two presidential candidates have announced their running mates, with veteran contender Raila Odinga opting for a champion of women's rights and social justice and his rival William Ruto choosing a skilled political campaigner.
“After 60 years[of Kenyan independence] ... we cannot excuse the male domination of the executive,” he said.
Odinga's move fractured his coalition immediately, after former vice-president Kalonzo Musyoka, who was Odinga's running mate in the past two elections and had been among several candidates interviewed for the deputy position, declaring he would run for the presidency rather than support him.Ruto, Kenya's current deputy president, named Rigathi Gachagua as his running mate on Sunday.
Regarded as an astute grassroots mobiliser, Gachagua previously served in government administration, including a stint as an aide to Kenyatta before he became president. Ruto is wooing Kikuyu and other voters by pledging to shift the government's economic focus from large public works projects and big state-owned firms to small enterprises owned by what he calls “hustlers”.
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