Growing unease over Alfred Mutua's independence

President Uhuru Kenyatta chats with Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua during the burial of Gen Jackson Mulinge in Machakos County. INSET: Mutua’s political rival Johnstone Muthama. [PHOTOS: FILE/ STANDARD]

Kenya: Machakos County Governor Dr Alfred Mutua’s breakaway from the  Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) is more or less assured given his frequent opposing positions on issues at the centre of  the Opposition alliance’s political strategy.

His public and very vocal opposition to a series of CORD rallies—including the much-touted Saba Saba rally on July 7—has now put him on a collision course with the Wiper party that sponsored him to office. When he off-handedly dismissed the Saba Saba rally, Mutua took up the Jubilee mantra by urging  leaders to focus on development projects to enhance the living standard of Kenyans.