Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has distanced himself and the President from the push by UDA secretary General Cleophas Malala to have all parties allied to Kenya Kwanza coalition dissolve and join UDA.

He claims that its just Malala’s excitement as he seeks to make the party strong even as he welcomed parties that wpuld love to fold and join UDA

“That is Malala idea of making UDA a strong party. He’s an energetic young man and I have all the time for him. Probably his style is different but we don’t want to coerce anyone to fold their party, but if anyone feels the need they can fold and join,” he said.

Malala has been on the forefront calling for parties to all dissolve and join UDA so that they form one formidable outfit that the president will defend his seat on.

He said that there is no reason to continue having parties for the purposes of elections only.

“Off late we had coalitions of convenience whereby people come together for purposes of winning an election, they don’t believe or like each other and have no common agenda, they just come together for purposes of winning an election,” he said.

But the move has caused jitters in the coalition with constituent parties refusing to fold up