Former Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi Joins Kenya Kwanza
Former Meru Governor and Devolution Empowerment Party (DEP) leader Kiraitu Murungi has joined Deputy President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza coalition.
Murungi was on Friday, 2nd September, received by President-elect William Ruto at his Karen residence in Nairobi.
“We welcome the Devolution Empowerment Party (DEP) to Kenya Kwanza. Their resolve to work with us is indication that leaders agree that the interests of Kenyans overrides our personal or party interests”
Murungi joins other leaders who have decamped to the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, including former Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana and Mandera Senator-elect Ali Roba with his party the United Democratic Movement (UDM), and Ugenya MP David Ochieng and his Movement for Democracy and Growth (MDG).