Mudavadi fights off 'petty' sugar politics, focuses on the 2022 race

ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi during an interview on April 1, 2021, at Musalia Center, Riverside in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

He was doing just fine — basking in the glory of recent poll victory in Mutungu constituency and moving with speed to solidify support in his western Kenya political base and across the country — when a hitch in the Mumias Sugar Company receivership popped up.

Now, Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi is a man under siege, facing a barrage of accusations from his backyard over alleged improprieties and interference in the planned takeover of the sugar company.