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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader, Musalia Mudavadi, on Tuesday, September 21, disowned a previous statement issued by his deputy, Ayub Savula, that the party was courting Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru as his running mate.<\/p>\n

Mudavadi, who was speaking during a show on Citizen TV, stated that Savula made the comments in peak of excitement.<\/p>\n

Savula had told the press that ANC was courting Waiguru because she was having problems in the Jubilee Party.<\/p>\n

“We are not courting any specific person for the running mate position. We are open. Savula made the comments in his peak of excitement. I asked him and he said that they were personal statements. No such commitment has been made,” Mudavadi stated.<\/p>\n

Savula had accompanied Waiguru to the EACC headquarters to record a statement over Ksh52.8 million pending bills by her government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are courting Anne Waiguru as ANC. We don\u2019t want her intimidated by anyone, we know its because of politics and that it is very difficult to sell a certain party and a certain individual who is standing as a candidate,\u201dSavula stated at the time.<\/p>\n

Waiguru, however, did not comment on Savula’s statement.<\/p>\n

Mudavadi expressed that he would not mind working with a woman running mate in future.<\/p>\n

“Women have produced very good leaders, we have seen it in other jurisdictions. They have been more dedicated voters than the men,” he stated.<\/p>\n

Mudavadi also expressed that he was likely to select a running mate from the vote-rich Mt Kenya region.<\/p>\n

He stated that leaders from the region had a wealth of experience in governance.<\/p>\n

“Let us not pretend that there is no importance in a region if it can produce three leaders in a row. There are certain advantages and awareness that comes with that,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. The Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader, Musalia Mudavadi, on Tuesday, September 21, disowned a previous statement issued by his deputy, Ayub Savula, that the party was courting Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru as his running mate. 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