Mombasa Muslim cleric Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa is among the 7 member team appointed to advise Azimio la Umoja One Kenya alliance presidential candidate and ODM party leader Raila Odinga in choosing a suitable running mate.
Sheikh Khalifa is the organising secreatry, Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK).
Addressing the press Wednesday, Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Party, Council Secretary-General Junet Mohammed said the panel shall reach its decision through consensus and shall elect its chairperson.
“At its inaugural meeting held on 21st April 2022 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Council, at the request of the party’s presidential candidate, HE Raila Aolo Odinga, resolved to appoint a seven member team to assist and advice the candidate regarding the nomination of the party’s Deputy Presidential Candidate,” said Junet.
The committee will be tasked with identifying and submitting the name(s) of the potential candidate(s) to deputize Odinga by May 10, 2022.
The secretary of the panel shall be Ms Elizabeth Meyo.
Other members of the committee are Senator Enoch Wambua, Bishop Peter Njenga, Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth, Michael Orwa, Dr. Noah Wekesa, and Beatrice Askul Moe.
