Gachagua: Opposition to pick single presidential candidate by April 2027

Gachagua expressed confidence that choosing a flag bearer will be the easiest part of the coalition's preparations for the 2027 General Election.He urged Kenyans to remain patient, drawing parallels with the 2002 election, when the opposition settled on Mwai Kibaki as its presidential candidate barely two months before the polls.The Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has hinted that discussions on the opposition's presidential candidate could take shape after the Christmas period, insisting that the focus should now be on political mobilisation. Speaking to the press on Wednesday night at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) before departing for a trip to the United States, where he is expected to engage Kenyans living in the diaspora, Gachagua expressed confidence that choosing a flag bearer will be the easiest part of the coalition's preparations for the 2027 General Election."Choosing a single presidential candidate is the easiest of all the challenges that we have ahead of us. We can meet one day for lunch and before dinner we have a candidate," Gachagua stated."The real job, and that's what I expect of my colleagues in the United Opposition to do, is political mobilisation against Ruto, it's to persuade Kenyans to register as voters, come out and vote him out and vote in a responsible government."The former Deputy President urged Kenyans t...