Morara Kebaso speaks on reason he is not in a hurry to pick running mate
Activist Morara Kebaso has finally revealed the key reason he is yet to unveil a presidential running mate, despite the fact that he unveiled his political party nearly six months ago.
Speaking during an interview on the YouTube channel Kogi’s Corner on the night of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, Morara said that he has held off on choosing a running mate as a deliberate strategy to allow himself the flexibility to continue engaging in broader negotiations with leaders from across the political divide.
According to him, rushing to name a running mate in 2025 would instantly diminish his political relevance, as people would no longer have a strong reason to follow his next moves, and keeping that window open enables him to continue winning over supporters.
“People know Morara is the only one in the spotlight because elections are still far off; they are in 2027, and we are in 2025, and if I close the door on the running mate position now, I will lose the opportunity to negotiate with others,” he said.
Furthermore, he insisted that the absence of a running mate should not be misinterpreted to mean that the Inject party lacks other key officials, and he went on to name some of them, stating that he has already put in place all the strategies needed to help him secure the presidency in 2027.
He listed Solonka Pareno, whom he described as the party’s secretary general; Nora Mwendwa, who serves as the chairperson; and Faith Wekesa, who holds the role of deputy party leader.
“But the party does have other officials; we have a Secretary General named Solonka Pareno; he is a Maasai from Oloitoktok; we have the party Chairperson named Nora Mwendwa; she hails from Makueni, and we have a Deputy Party Leader named Faitha Wekesa, who comes from Bungoma, so we do have other leaders in the party — there is even another one named Phillip Generali, who is the Organising Secretary, and there is a young lady named Faridah Wakio from Kirinyaga; she is the Treasurer,” he added.
Morara further explained that all the top officials and party leaders are youthful individuals who are relatively new to the political landscape and public sphere, and that is why they are not widely recognised nor often seen in the media as frequently as he is.
However, he pledged to mentor them into the spotlight, stressing that his current priority is to nurture and empower them to competently manage the responsibilities that will accompany their roles as the party gains momentum.
“So there are other officials in the party, but they do not speak as much as I do, and they also do not receive as much public attention as I do, but with time they will get there — for now, the work is to build them slowly by slowly — all of them are young people, and they are fresh faces,” he said.
Elusive politics
Morara went on to speak about his experience since venturing into politics, insisting that there is no undertaking more taxing than political leadership, given that it involves carrying the weight of the expectations and burdens of the masses.
He also described politics as a profoundly thankless pursuit, lamenting that many people seldom recognise the good efforts made by leaders, and instead tend to fixate on their missteps, regardless of the extent of their positive contributions.
“Politics is a very difficult thing, and it is a very thankless job — in politics, if you wait for someone to come and tell you that you have done a good thing, you might end up waiting for a very long time — politics has been a very hard thing; it is a burden,” he said.
