Wanjigi: I will win presidential vote in second round
Safina Presidential aspirant Jimi Wanjigi has insisted that he is not ready to squash his presidential ambitions in favour of any presidential candidate and that he will be on the ballot in the coming elections.
Speaking in an interview with NTV, Jimi said that he will not join any of the two major political formations - Azimio la Umoja led by Raila Odinga and Kenya Kwanza led by William Ruto - at least until after the August 9 general elections.
"We will engage other political formations after the August 9 general elections. My party has only allowed me to engage with other parties after the elections but before then our aim is to be on the ballot and that will not change," Wanjigi.
Wanjigi's statement comes barely a month after he indicated that he was ready to join Ruto's Kenya Kwanza coalition after he invited the deputy president to his party's National Delegates Convention that was held at Bomas of Kenya.
The Safina Party presidential flag bearer now seems to have changed his mind insisting that he will be on the ballot and he is confident that he will win the elections.
The businessman said that he and his party are offering an alternative for voters who don't believe in the manifestos offered by both Raila and Ruto's political vehicles. According to him, it is these people who will make him win the elections.
"The people we represent are those that do not believe in the political ideologies of the perceived two horses (Raila and Ruto). Our main objective is to sell our agenda and we know where we will sell it. We are targeting the undecided voters who want to choose their leaders based on their agenda," Wanjigi said.
He, however, noted that the presidential race between him and the other candidates will be very stiff that no candidate will win the presidency in the first round. According to him, none of them will get the required 50 per cent plus one vote as required by the law for one to clinch the presidency.
"It will be tough for me to win the elections in the first round but in the second I must win," he asserted.
