Deputy President William Ruto has asked Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka to join forces with UDA.
He said UDA was the party of the people with a big following, a national outlook and a clear economic agenda for the country.
Ruto said Kalonzo should not make the mistake of joining ODM leader Raila Odinga for the third time.
He said the Wiper leader had on numerous occasions been coerced to support Raila, yet the former Prime Minister was not ready to reciprocate.
"Musyoka has been supporting Raila. It's time he reconsiders his political stand," he said.
Ruto said Kenyans were rallying behind the hustler movement and its plans to revive the economy, adding that said Kenyans had the ultimate role to elect their leaders.
“Those purporting to choose the country’s leadership in hotels and private meetings are doomed to fail," he noted.
The DP urged the Ukambani region to support his presidential bid.
He said UDA has an elaborate plan to open up the economy to benefit ordinary Kenyans.
"Over 80 per cent of Kenyan small businesses being majority are set to benefit," he said.
He said UDA is the only party with a national outlook and in a position to unite the country.
"Competitors are only interested in creating positions for themselves while I am focused on improving the lives of a majority of ordinary citizens," Ruto said.
He stated that leaders should not prioritize the creation of positions at the expense of millions of youths and the country’s economy.
He said for over 50 years ordinary Kenyans have suffered under the trickle-down economy and it was their time to try bottom-up agenda.
He further challenged his competitors to show what they have done to Kenyans while serving in different positions during the previous regimes.
Kitui South MP Nimrod Mbai said Ukambani was careful not to repeat past mistakes of supporting leaders who ended up being in the Opposition.
He said their previous support for Raila made the Kamba community be in the Opposition.
The MP noted that Ruto had pushed for development in Ukambani and across the country.
Mbai said it's only the leadership of Ruto that would address the problem of water facing the region.
The legislator said UDA, with the support of over 160 MPs, was an indication that the party has representation across the country.
Edited by D Tarus