Leave Mudavadi alone or join ODM, Western leaders told

Written by Rosemary Wachiye 2011-09-24 18:13:00 Read 339 Times

Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi (center)  flanked with the Shinyalu Mp Justus Kizito and the Budalangi mp Ababu Namwamba at the burial of the late John Manami a brother to Mr. Alfred Khangati the Assistant Minister in the office of the prime minister at his home in Namwacha, bungoma. [Photo/ Rosemary Wachiye] Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has stated that the political battle is on and he was not going to ditch his ODM party reiterating that the forthcoming 2012 elections were not a gamble. Mr Mudavadi also urged Luhya leaders not to speculate but instead have a firm stand. “We cannot afford to gamble in 2012, let us not be misled that every party should produce  a presidential candidate but instead lets support the one they believe in,” said Musalia. He was speaking at the burial of the late John Manami a brother to Mr. Alfred Khangati the Assistant Minister in the office of the prime minister where political allies to Mr. Khangati attended and used the opportunity to voice their political affiliations. Ababu Namwamba the Budalangi legislator called upon luhya leaders to unite and work together as one stating that some leaders had selfish minds that they seem to rejoice whenever they see their brothers suffering. He criticized some leaders from western province for not voting for the Speaker of the National Assembly Mr. Kenneth Marende and instead they went ahead to vote for someone from another tribe. “Luhya leaders should stop working with selfish minds because that is what takes us back in development, we should be able to support each other to succeed,” says Mr. Namwamba. Namwamba also told leaders in other political parties other than ODM to leave their party alone and more so Mudavadi alone since he knows how best to play his own political game and respects party politics. “I want to tell other parties to leave ODM alone and prepare their own presidential aspirants and lets meet at the election time,” says Mr. Namwamba. Supporting Namwamba’s point, the Member of Parliament of Bondo, Mr.Oburu Odinga challenged the leaders from other parties who wanted Mudavadi to stand for presidential seat to first of all join his party then talk from inside. “There has been pressure from leaders in other  parties to make Mudavadi stand for presidential seat and they claim if he does so they will support him, I want to tell them to first join ODM party before claiming to support him,” says Mr. Oburu. Also present at the funeral were, Mp for Shinyalu Mr.Justus Kizito, former MP Munyasia and Chairman Nzoia Sugar Company Lawrence Sifuna.

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