Wednesday saw the arrival of Nick Salat to the united democratic party UDA after ditching his former party KANU.

Nick salat served as the secretary general for KANU until his suspension and expulsion from the party last year. UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala received Salat. The ruling party keeps welcoming new members from rival political parties.

According to the former KANU Secretary General, he decided to join UDA after the party led by gideon moi allegedly lost direction and unity.

PHOTO | COURTESY Salat and Gideon

"These are only a sample of the people who are ready and willing to join you. Given a chance, you will see a big number of KANU members willing to join UDA. We believe that even though this party is six months old, it has shown signs that it is heading somewhere. We need to give it a chance," he said.

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Brenda Majune, a former KANU Women Congress Treasurer who was part of the delegation, stated that she left KANU willfully because she believes in President William Ruto's ideology, adding that she will be reaching out to her sister so that they can start 'Daughters of William Ruto' to work with women in arid counties to combat climate change.

"I have come to UDA because I believe in the vision of President William Ruto. Thank you, Secretary General Cleophas Malala, for the warm welcome. Assure the President that we're ready to work with him," said Ms Majune, who was also the Charilady of the 'Daughters of Gideon Moi movement.

PHOTO | COURTESY Salat and Gideon

On Tuesday, over 20 leaders from the azimio coalition defected and joined UDA, led by the former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero, which is currently being held up in a joint press conference with the leadership of the United Democratic Alliance under the direction of the current Secretary General, Cleophas Malala, just a few hours after nearly six political parties joined the ruling party.

Speaking at the event, former governor Evans Kidero pledged that the team would not back down and would work closely with the new government to show that the people of Luo Nyanza had been liberated from Odinga's shackles.