Azimio Secretary-General Junet Mohamed has claimed that Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua wanted to be bribed to remain in the coalition.
Speaking on Monday, May 9, in Kajiado, the Suna East MP Junet sensationally claimed that Mutua also wanted his cases at the DCI and the EACC terminated as a pre-condition to stay put in Azimio.
The vocal legislator maintained that the ODM leader will not pay some politicians to support his presidential bid stating that there are values that Raila Odinga has stood by for 50 years that he cannot compromise, whether as president or a civilian.
“Raila Odinga does not bribe leaders to support him. A man with a buying price cannot sustain the demands of a struggle. He doesn’t even bribe his supporters. And after more than 50 years in politics, he is not going to start doing it now. We won’t allow him,
“If you have corruption cases, they were never going to disappear simply because you are supporting Raila Odinga. Same to murder cases. Your support has been on the assumption that you are innocent until proven guilty, a cornerstone of our criminal justice system,” Junet said.
This comes hours after Machakos Governo Alfred Mutua and his Kilifi counterpart Amason Kingi ditched Raila’s Azimio for Deputy President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza.
Junet seems to suggest Kingi and Mutua were blackmailing Raila, asking for cash and protection against possible graft cases that they face or might face after leaving office.
However, in a rejoinder, the Maendeleo Chap Chap party leader has dismissed the claims terming them as mere propaganda.
The outgoing governor accused the Azimio camp of instigating a smear campaign against him in retaliation for his exit.
“That is propaganda. They are trying to smear me because I have left Azimio,” Mutua said as quoted by The Star.
