Kalonzo Now Says That He Will Not Attend Azimio’s Running Mate Interviews.
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has stated that he will not take part in the Azimio-One Kenya coalition's vetting process for running mates.
Anthony Mutisya 
This comes after the coalition's council appointed a seven-member team to assist presidential candidate Raila Odinga in selecting a suitable running mate.
Junet Mohamed, the party's Executive Committee secretary-general, stated that the committee will be tasked with identifying and submitting the names of potential deputies for Odinga.
Kalonzo claims that attending the interview will be "demeaning" because he should be an obvious choice for the position.
"I want to tell all Kenyans that I will not attend the said process. I find the entire thing demeaning to my person and will therefore distance myself from it," Kalonzo said.
The interviews will begin today, May 4th, and will conclude on May 10th, when Odinga will reveal the winner to the public.
The Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya Alliance's advisory committee has been tasked with resolving the disagreements surrounding the presidential running debate.
The team includes Bishop Peter Njenga, Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth, Senator Enoch Wambua, Michael Orwa, Dr. Noah Wekesa, Sheikh Mohamed Khalifa, and Beatrice Askul Moe.
Meanwhile, presidential candidates now have until May 16 to submit their running mates to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which extended the deadline from April 28 to May 16.
