Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala has said that ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi’s ‘earthquake’ announcement was so big that it scared President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Speaking on Wednesday, January 26, at the Nakuru Show Ground during a joint rally between William Ruto, Musalia Mudavadi, and Moses Wetang’ula, Malala said the head of state was so scared to an extent that he quickly convened a meeting with western Kenya leaders to neutralise Mudavadi’s influence in the Western region.
“Earthquake ilitoa President Uhuru pangoni hadi akaita viongozi kutoka Western region. Tangu 2017 President Uhuru amekuja western mara moja peke yake wakati wa mashujaa day (Earthquake unearthed President Uhuru from the cave until he summoned leaders from the Western region. Since 2017 President Uhuru has come west once alone during Mashujaa Day,” Malala said.
Malala further castigated the president for abandoning the vote-rich western region.
He said it was ironic for the first in command to convene a meeting with luhya leaders just hours before the 2022 General Election.
“Huwezi ngoja tumebakisha chini ya masaa 4000 kwenye uchaguzi nkuu ndio uite wajumbe wetu waende kule statehouse wakule ugali (You can’t wait for less than 4000 hours to go to the polls and call our delegates to go to the statehouse to eat ugali),” Malala said.
On Tuesday, January 25, president the president called a delegation of western Kenya leaders to the statehouse just days after Mudavadi announced a political partnership deal with Deputy President William Ruto.
While state house spokesperson Kanze Dena Mararo said the meeting was basically to assure the Western region of the Government’s commitment to ensure all ongoing development projects in the populous region are completed as scheduled, it is reported that the 2022 succession politics took center stage.
Confirmed sources claim that the political implication of the meeting was to try and neutralize Mudavadi and Wetang’ula perceived influence in the vote-rich Western region.
