Revealed: Is opposition formation NASA an ethnic alliance?

Questions have been raised as to whether the formation of the National Super Alliance (NASA) was based on the ethnic considerations of its five co-principals.

According to critics, the presence of Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula is to ensure Luyha votes go into one basket with Raila Odinga expected to amass support from the Luo and wider Nyanza region.

Meanwhile Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka is seen as the mouthpiece of the Akamba in the Eastern region while last entrant Isaac Ruto is seemingly NASA's ambassador in the perceived Jubilee stronghold of the Rift Valley among the Kalenjin.

However speaking during an interview last night on KTN News, ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi cleared the air concerning these allegations.

"NASA is not an ethnic alliance because we have strongholds in major urban centers like Nairobi which is a cosmopolitan city," he said.

He went on further to state that the NASA principals will be in Nyeri to mark the Madaraka Day celebrations and hold a mega rally thereafter when questioned on whether people from the Central region which is President Uhuru's backyard are part of the 10 million vote target they are aiming at.

"We are realistic about our 10 million votes target and we believe we can achieve it in the first round of the election", he added.

The former Deputy Prime Minister also weighed in on the opposition's confidence in IEBC to deliver free and fair elections considering previous legal battles witnessed against the commission.

"We are giving them a benefit of doubt but they must earn our confidence". He concluded.