Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi has now said he is in the ODM party to stay.
In video footage announcing his stand on Facebook, Wanyonyi on Thursday said he is ready to defend his Westlands seat on an ODM party ticket.
"I am ready to serve the people of Westlands for the third time and I remain firmly in my party ODM and Azimio la Umoja One Kenya. To all my supporters thank you for believing in me, the dream lives on," he said.
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The legislator said his leadership philosophy has been centred on the people for the years he has served Westlands residents.
"Leadership has been about serving people. This has been my philosophy for the past 15 years and I'm confident it shall remain so. As I have said before, it has never been about me, it shall never be about me. it will always b about the people. Si mimi ni Sisi."
Wanyonyi appeared to dispel rumours that he is on the verge of leaving the ODM party after he was implored to step down for Polycarp Igathe in the Nairobi governor race.
His clarification comes even as the UDA governor seat candidate Johnson Sakaja said that he is in talks with Wanyonyi.
Sakaja said he is interested in working with Wanyonyi to deliver the Nairobi seat.
“From the polls and statistics, he was my closest competitor but when we sat together after he was replaced by someone else, I sympathised with him and agreed to work together,” Sakaja told a local daily.
“Our teams are working together and more details will be out in due course. The vision for our great county and having what is in your heart done is important.”
