Mudavadi writes off Uhuru experiment on Sifuna in his western turf

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has torn into the political camaraderie between former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, terming it as an ill-intentioned political experiment in Western Kenya

Mudavadi, who is also the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, stated that Uhuru was not honest in his veiled support of the 44-year-old lawmaker, arguing that theirs is a political marriage of convenience with short-term ramifications from which only the retired Head of State would be the sole beneficiary.

The former Deputy Prime Minister and one time Vice-President pointed out that Uhuru was misusing Sifuna for selfish motives.

He wondered why Uhuru could not welcome Sifuna in Jubilee Party if he was genuine in his support for the senator.

“Let us not be cheated. These things are there for all of us to see. If Uhuru was serious about backing Sifuna to run for Presidency, why couldn’t he invite him in his Jubilee Party?

We all know who he handed over his party’s leadership to. That should tell you the sinister plans these people have . This is a circus. It has all to do with splitting the vote in Western Kenya into small meaningless fragments like they have always done before,” Mudavadi observed.

The Prime Cabinet Secretary stated that certain political forces had gone out of their way to sponsor numerous political parties through which they target to divide the Luhyia vote.

Mudavadi who is also a former Minister for Local Authorities as well as Transport and Communications warned the electorate of Western Kenya to be wary of sinister machinations being employed by ill-meaning external players whose aim is to frustrate President William Ruto’s re-election using the Luhyia community as the lead attack dog.

He argued that attempts by the same actors to bring down the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), a party founded by former Prime Minister, the late Raila Odinga since his demise last year had flopped and they had settled on the Luhyia a community as the easiest loophole through which to cripple and out the Ruto government.
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The one time Finance Minister and long-serving Sabatia Member of Parliament made the remarks during an engagement with bishops in Saturday at Nyang’ori, Vihiga County.

“We have the eyes but we are refusing to see. Our young people are being misled by some people out there that they can make them President when they know that it is not true. We should not let such people to divide us, Mudavadi observed.

Sifuna has declared interest to run for Presidency in next year’s General-Election on the ticket of Linda Mwananchi I(LMM) party.

He is scheduled to be endorsed as the party’s presidential candidate in November 13 during the outfit’s National Delegates Convention (NDC), 10 days before he embarks on a two-week popularisation your of the United States.
Sifuna sprung to the fore last year soon after Raila’s death when, as the secretary-general of ODM, he defied the party’s official position to work with President William Ruto’s Broad-Based Government, an arrangement formulated between the Head of State and the late former premier.

He and others opposed to the leadership of Siaya Senator and Railaielder brother, Dr. Oburu Oginga, as the head of ODM eventually left the party a year later to found LMM.

Uhuru, the fourth President of the Republic of Kenya, has been heavily linked to funding of Opposition parties in the country.

It has for long been claimed that he is the main financial sponsor of Sifuna and the Linda Mwananchi Movement operations.

It is against that background that Mudavadi was linking Uhuru to Sifuna’s forays in Western Kenya..