Kalonzo allows Ukambani governors to work with President Ruto
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Kalonzo allows Ukambani governors to work with President Ruto while barring Wiper MPs over the same
Kalonzo allows Ukambani governors to work with President Ruto while barring Wiper MPs over the same.
While allowing Ukambani governors to work with President William Ruto to develop the region, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has forbidden MPs and other elected officials from Kitui, Machakos, and Makueni counties from developing cozy relationships with the Kenya Kwanza administration.
Kalonzo sought to allay fears in the Wiper family that Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti and her Makueni counterpart Mutula Kilonzo Junior, who had expressed misgivings with Azimio’s political activities, were warming up to President William Ruto.
“We have told them that as governors, they should work with the government of the day. But they should not forget their home,” he said at Ngovu village in Makueni County on Monday during the burial of Nairobi businessman Paul Muthama Ngundi.
Politics took center stage at the ceremony that was attended by Wiper politicians in Kitui and Makueni counties.
Erastus Kivasu of the Mbooni, Kinengo Katisya of the Kitui, Douglas Mbilu of the Makueni, Daniel Maanzo of the Makueni, and Rose Museo of the Makueni Woman Representative all professed confidence that the area would remain in the opposition.
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“Kalonzo Musyoka remains the political kingpin in this region. However, some of us have started forming smaller groups. Many such groups have emerged. It is only prudent that those setting up the smaller camps should stop,” Mr. Mbilu said without referring to anyone in particular.
A seemingly disgruntled Mr. Kilonzo Jr sustained talk that Azimio leader Raila Odinga had lost last year’s presidential bid because the coalition had mistreated Mr. Musyoka.
Kilonzo Jr had vowed not to participate in the Azimio protests until Ukambani gets the same amount of development as Nyanza, Mr. Odinga’s backyard.
In a quick rejoinder, however, Mr. Musyoka asked the Wiper vice chairman to tone down. “Never mind, Governor Kilonzo Jr, that we were mishandled. They soil your eyes and you take a lot of rubbish and beating for the sake of your country. That is how you become a great leader,” he said.
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