Nasa is not disintegrating, leader Raila Odinga has said, and termed squabbles with his co-principals as reflective of sibling rivalry.
In his remarks to ODM delegates during their meeting on Friday, the orange party leader said the fights he had learned of in the coalition were nothing serious.
“I hear people saying wiper is fighting with ODM, ANC ,Wiper, Ford Kenya … tuko katika ile nyumba ya kienyeji ambapo kuna nyumba mingi. Wakati mwingine wabunge huvurutana … hiyo siyo kuonyesha Nasa inasambaratika (We are in the traditional set up with many houses. Parliamentarians sometimes wrangle … that doesn’t mean Nasa is crumbling).”
Raila added: “Hata pale unapoishi na bibi sio furaha kila siku. Hayo ni maisha na yanaonyesha demokrasia (Even with wives, happiness is not the case every day. Such is life … it shows democracy).”
Raila’s comments came days after a near-implosion of the Opposition coalition, with legislators from three affiliate parties openly telling Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka to shape up or ship out.
The Opposition leader’s allies are threatening to kick out the three affiliates from key parliamentary committee leadership positions, accusing them of riding on ODM’s back with “insignificant political capital”.