Kenya Kwanza deal: The hardest task for Mudavadi, Wetang'ula

Ford Kenya Party Leader Moses Wetangula dances with ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi at Kisii Waterpark hotel on May 4, 2022. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

There are times that the things we profess to detest actually define us. As it were, while Kenya Kwanza’s call to arms has been ‘hatupangwingwi”, it turns out that constituent parties and their leaders have been ‘pangwad’. Recent intra Kenya Kwanza alliance happenings appear to have stymied diehard ANC and Ford-K supporters who, by now, are wondering whether their leaders drove themselves into a political cul de sac.

Musalia Mudavadi (ANC) and Moses Wetang’ula (FORD-K) have been promised top leadership positions should Kenya Kwanza run away with the trophy in the August election. Though they were allocated a share of 30 per cent of government by UDA, actualisation of the deal is dependent on them delivering 70 per cent of the Luhya vote.