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Wetang'ula says CORD flag bearer should have highest numbers

Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula (right) at a burial in Ikolomani on Saturday where he repeated his resolution to vie for President in 2017. [PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE/STANDARD]

Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetang'ula has, for the second time, declared that CORD presidential flag bearer in the 2017 general elections must be the principal with highest numbers of voters from his backyard.

"We have numbers and we should ensure the numbers help us in clinching the presidency. If with our numbers at five million votes, Raila with three million votes and Kalonzo with 1.5 million votes we ask, does River Isiukhu flow into River Nzoia or is it Nzoia that flows into Isiukhu? The answers is obvious," said Mr Wetang'ula during a burial in Ikolomani on Saturday.

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