CORD faces unity test as principals eye presidential ticket

Opposition leaders (from left) Kalonzo Musyoka, Raila Odinga and Moses Wetang’ula with supporters during a recent ‘Okoa Kenya’ function in Nairobi. The three are expected to seek nomination for the presidency under the CORD banner in 2017. [FILE: STANDARD]

Last week’s call by former Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka urging CORD co-principals Raila Odinga and Moses Wetang’ula to endorse him for the 2017 presidential race has sparked fears of a possible fallout.

If past events are anything to go by where key opposition allies have fallen out on the eve of an election contest due to an unbridled desire by each candidate to occupy State House, then the formidable Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) could be reduced to a weak and fragmented outfit.