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diff --git a/src/k8splugin/internal/app/client.go b/src/k8splugin/internal/app/client.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2018 Intel Corporation.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package app
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	pkgerrors "github.com/pkg/errors"
+
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+)
+
+// GetKubeClient loads the Kubernetes configuation values stored into the local configuration file
+var GetKubeClient = func(configPath string) (kubernetes.Clientset, error) {
+	var clientset *kubernetes.Clientset
+
+	if configPath == "" {
+		return *clientset, errors.New("config not passed and is not found in ~/.kube. ")
+	}
+
+	config, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return kubernetes.Clientset{}, pkgerrors.Wrap(err, "setConfig: Build config from flags raised an error")
+	}
+
+	clientset, err = kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return *clientset, err
+	}
+
+	return *clientset, nil
+}