McDonald Bamusi argues that what the decision of two political parties, UDF and MCP, to support a single candidate has made the race very tight: 
McDonald Bamusi anatoa hoja kwamba uamuzi wa vyama viwili vya siasa vya UDF na MCP, kumwuunga mkono mgombea mmoja umefanya mbio hizo za uchaguzi ziwe kali kweli kweli: