Uhuru technical advisor launches attack on Raila after switching allegiance to Ruto
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Uhuru technical advisor Mutahi Ngunyi hits out at Raila Odinga over Meg Whitman remarks insisting Azimio lost August polls
Uhuru technical advisor Mutahi Ngunyi hits out at Raila Odinga over Meg Whitman remarks insisting Azimio lost August polls.
Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga lost the 2022 presidential election as a result of his disorganization, according to political strategist Mutahi Ngunyi.
Ngunyi, who backed Raila in the August 2022 election, objected to the politician’s assaults on US Ambassador Meg Whitman after the ambassador gave the election a clean bill of health.
Ngunyi dismissed the claims that President William Ruto was rigged in.
He said that Raila should take responsibility for his own lack of organization if President Willian Ruto did, in fact, rig the election as Raila alleges.
Ngunyi also poured cold water on the former prime minister’s bid pushing for an audit of the electoral servers, saying the “truth is not in the server”.
“Dear Babaman (Raila): Did you order Meg Whitman (the American) to shut up because she is a woman or because she spoke the truth? Or is it both? If Ruto rigged the 2022 election, the truth is not in the server. The truth is that you were disorganized. Period,” Ngunyi wrote on X, formally Twitter, on Saturday.
Ngunyi recently claimed that Raila lost because he over-relied on the ‘deep state’ to deliver him the presidency.
According to Ngunyi, the Azimio boss thought he would clinch the presidency after getting the backing of former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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“He believed that he would get the presidency automatically because of Uhuru Kenyatta’s support. Therefore, he did not put as much effort as I thought he would. I once raised that issue with him when I visited his home in Karen and told him that if Uhuru does not come to campaign for you in Central [region] you are going to lose,” the former Uhuru technical assistant told NTV days after he announced his ‘defection’ to Ruto’s camp.
“I told him relying on the deep state would result in a loss because it [the deep state] is incompetent as currently constituted. It will not deliver this election for you. If you trust the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission [IEBC] to deliver election for you, then they won’t.”
The former Uhuru advisor is in record for advancing Raila’s campaign last year, dismissing Ruto’s chances of succeeding retired president Uhuru Kenyatta.
However, Ngungi switched sides offering to support President William Ruto.
“Public notice: I have defected to William Ruto. I misjudged him using the dynasty lens. But if the facts change, you must change your mind. And only a fool does not change his mind. I started project #HustlerNation. Now I must complete it. Iko Swali?” posed Ngunyi.
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