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ODM’s move to revamp itself and lieutenants launching vicious attacks on the three Nasa principals has been described as a strategy to exit the coalition.
Members of Musalia Mudavadi’s ANC, Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper and Moses Wetang’ula’s Ford Kenya have expressed concern that ODM is mudslinging their leaders to break from Nasa as a leeway to fielding a presidential candidate in 2022.
According to the coalition agreement, Raila and his ODM party are not supposed to field a candidate that year.
“Raila is trying to reinvent himself for 2022 and the only way is to exit Nasa. This is not a party that is in Nasa at all,” Mudavadi’s aide Kibisu Kabatesi told the Star by phone on Monday.
NO COMMITMENT?
Officials of the three parties cite the Uhuru Park swearing-in of Raila, that his co-principals skipped, as part of ODM’s strategy to plan an exit.
The ghosts of Kalonzo, Mudavadi and Wetang’ula’s absence during the ceremony that was part of Nasa’s push for electoral justice continue to haunt them. ODM members have criticised the three, terming them cowards and questioning their commitment to NASA.
ODM members still mount pressure on Kalonzo to take oath to deputise Raila as the People’s Deputy President in affirming his solidarity with Nasa’s course of electoral justice.
Amid the speculation and pressure, Kabatesi said: “There should be no misconception that Kalonzo, Wetang’ula and Mudavadi are planning to gang up against Raila. The reality is that Raila and ODM are planning to exit Nasa.
“The planning of the Uhuru Park swearing-in was deliberate because they knew other co-principals would not be there. You saw what they said during the ODM National Governing Council the other day and the sharing of parliamentary positions.”
In a statement to media houses on Sunday, Kalonzo party said: “Some remnants of the coalition partner ODM have accused Wiper of working with Jubilee or having intentions to shift alliance to the ruling coalition, which the Kalonzo-led Movement has flatly denied, accusing ODM of bullying and the big-man syndrome."
However, ODM chairman and National Assembly Minority leader John Mbadi said there are no differences that warrant a split.
“There is no differences in Nasa ... I’m not aware of any. I would not comment on such matters. Let’s get back to work by looking at the state of our economy, especially how Jubilee’s over-borrowing is creating public debt,” he said.
Raila also says there aren't any serious differences in the National Super Alliance.
Nasa is not disintegrating, he said on February 23, and termed squabbles with his co-principals as reflective of sibling rivalry.
Source: The Star
