Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi appears to attract attention from the 2022 presidential aspirants Deputy President William Ruto and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga.
Following the Ruto-Raila overtures, the future of One Kenya Alliance is in limbo as its leaders are divided between the DP and Raila.
Ruto is courting ANC and FORD Kenya for a possible political pact, while leaders at Bukhungu rally told the ANC boss to join Raila’s Azimio train.
While addressing the residents at Mumias on Friday, Ruto said Mudavadi was aware of his visit in the region.
ANC deputy leader, Ayub Savula, who has since backed Raila’s presidential bid says Musalia stands a chance to take leadership of the country from Raila if he supports him fully to take it over from Kenyatta.
“Mudavadi has no space in Ruto’s camp and even if the DP wins, he (Mudavadi) is
not sure if Ruto will pass the baton to him, but in Raila’s camp we are 100 per cent
sure Raila will pass the mantle to him,” said Savula.
He added that he will initiate the discussion to ensure Mudavadi is not left in
a political coldness as they go to the August polls.
According to United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, it has written to ANC and Ford-Kenya for coalition talks.
Just the other day, UDA leader attended Malala’s function in Mumias raising eyebrows among OKA leaders, especially Wiper party.
Wiper Party led by Kalonzo Musyoka and Gideon Moi of Kanu have formal working agreements with Jubilee Party prompting them to lean towards Raila who is backed by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Additionally, the new bill which was recently passed by the parliament has complicated the matters as more leaders have defected to Azimio la Umoja outfit.
Raila and Kenyatta are pushing changes to the law to facilitate the registration of a coalition political party thought to be Azimio la Umoja.
Special sittings are lined up for three days from tomorrow, a period within which proponents of the Bill are confident they will dispense with the matter.
The Bill is scheduled to go through the Committee of the Whole House and the Third Reading. Having covered seven clauses, the MPs will consider 20 more in sittings likely to extend into the night owing to the numerous amendments proposed.
A gazette notice released on Friday states that the respective sittings will “automatically extend” if the business for each of the three days is not concluded. The MPs to-do list also includes processing the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill.
