Leaders ridicule Jubilee defectors' influence in Western region

Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi (left) chats with Vihiga Senator George Khaniri when they attended a function at Sabatia Primary on November 11, 2017. [Eric Lungai, standard]

Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi and Vihiga Senator George Khaniri have ridiculed the influence of Jubilee defectors who failed to deliver in the region.

Mudavadi said the combined efforts of former Governor Moses Akaranga, former Vihiga MP Yusuf Chanzu, former National Assembly speaker Kenneth Marende and former Hamisi MP Vincent Mmaitsi could not even help Jubilee get 10,000 votes in Vihiga’s 272,000 total votes.

“Right now, our brothers who were bought by the money Jubilee are borrowing and piling the debt on Kenyans, can no longer call their Jubilee operatives because their worth has been known. They have no influence whatsoever in this region that is firmly in NASA,” Mudavadi said.

He added, “I want to thank my people for resisting the buffoonery that Jubilee government is trying to impose on them through a few of their supporters here who failed in the election for the positions they were vying for.”  

The leaders who spoke in a function at Sabatia primary praised the various county assemblies in western region for having approved the people’s assembly motion last week setting the pace of resisting Jubilee’s rule.

This was the first public meeting Mudavadi had attended in the region since the October 26 elections. 

Khaniri said already Jubilee has oppressed Kenyans too much to a point where any leaders associating with them are either blind or lack the country’s interest at heart.

"We assure Raila Odinga that those people who went to State House for handouts were just taking care of their stomachs and those of their wives. Vihiga is locked behind NASA’s agenda, and we will implement them to the later," Khaniri said.

He said only the weakling leaders from the region decamped to Jubilee after failing miserably in August polls and those who have remained steadfast in NASA are the strongest and major decision makers for the region.

“We have no business working with a government that less than 30 per cent of Kenyans voted for. We will resist them and proceed to look for measures of getting them out of office through the resolutions of people's assemblies,” Khaniri said.

Mudavadi said President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have taken Kenyans to be passive and want to mislead them to oblivion.

He called on all Kenyans who didn’t turn out to vote in the October 26 elections to come out as strong democrats who can stand up for truth and justice.