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Sources privy to the developments at Hermosa Hotel told Nairobi Leo that the meeting was about succession politics and that discussions were held on the possibility of the presidential running mate position being left to a lady.

One Kenya Alliance (OKA) principals on Tuesday, November 23, met with Mt Kenya Unity Forum leaders at Hermosa Hotel in Karen, Nairobi

OKA Principals at the meeting were Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Moses Wetangula (Ford Kenya), Gideon Moi ( KANU) and Cyrus Jirongo.

{Mt Kenya Unity Forum Leaders meet With OKA principals. Photo: Courtesy}

All the four OKA principals have been endorsed by their parties to run for the presidency and they are working on modalities that will see them front the most formidable candidate for the top seat.

Mt Kenya Unity Forum leaders were represented by Martha Karua( Narc Kenya) Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo and National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi.

Speaker Muturi is the only leader in the Mt Kenya Unity Forum who has expressed presidential interests.

The meeting comes barely a week after Speaker Muturi was welcomed in Mt Kenya Unity Forum group where it was announced that the political outfit will be seeking to bring together the Mt Kenya region ahead of the 2022 polls.

Sources privy to the developments at Hermosa Hotel told Nairobi Leo that the meeting was about succession politics and that discussions were held on the possibility of the presidential running mate position being left to a lady.

According to the source, chances of Karua fitting the bill were explored in the event the group agrees on who will be their flagbearer in the political formation that they aspire to build.

The group was expected to issue a joint press statement at 10:30 am, just after their meeting, but the scheduled time had lapsed by the time of publishing this story.

Pictures of the group staging a v-shaped seating arrangement outside the hotel after the meeting emerged shortly after they concluded the meeting even as journalists waited for their statement.