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Kasmuel fires back at critics, explains Oburu Oginga’s cake incident at ODM@20
Kasmuel McOure has dismissed recent controversy surrounding ODM party leader Oburu Oginga and President William Ruto's cake-sharing moment, describing it as propaganda aimed at discrediting the party.
In a statement on Thursday, Kasmuel accused critics of manufacturing illusions to create discord between ODM's leadership and President Ruto, insisting that anyone with common sense could see through the fabricated narrative.
"All the theatrics, both overt and covert, aimed at discrediting our party leader, Dr Oburu Oginga, will fail miserably. Anyone with even a pea-sized brain can see through the propaganda being circulated," McOure stated.
The activist addressed the widely circulated incident from ODM's 20th anniversary celebration in Mombasa, where Oburu was filmed accepting a piece of cake from President Ruto on a fork during the November 15 dinner.
McOure clarified that Oburu removed icing from his mouth, not the cake itself, dismissing claims that he had rejected or spat out the cake.
"This week we witnessed the so-called 'cake saga'. Anyone who has spent time with Daktari in festive settings knows he rarely eats cake, and when he does, he avoids the icing. It is the icing that he spat out, not the cake, and those pushing this story know it," he explained.
The youth leader accused specific individuals of deliberately attempting to sow seeds of doubt about the relationship between ODM's leadership and the president.
"Busybodies are desperately trying to sow seeds of doubt. They want to manufacture the illusion that our party leader has an issue with the president. If such an issue existed, Daktari would have said so openly and the party would have acted accordingly," McOure asserted.
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He criticized what he described as a baseless letter circulating online, allegedly authored by individuals who had previously undermined ODM's Youth League and were now claiming to represent party members.
"Let us not even begin with that baseless letter circulating online, authored by the same individuals who deliberately crippled our Youth League and now pretend to speak for the rank and file of this party," he said.
The controversy escalated in Parliament when Kiambu Senator Karungo Thang'wa referenced the incident while discussing the Social Health Authority's poor services.
During his contribution to the debate, Thang'wa claimed the moment demonstrated that ‘nobody is safe in this country,’ describing Oburu as having expelled the cake after accepting it from the president.
"We saw the other day, the party leader of ODM expectorating a piece of cake after taking a bite from the president. You know he was spitting out a piece of cake. That shows you nobody is safe in this country," Thang'wa stated.
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