Governors allied to Azimio la Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga have rejected a host of proposals by the coalition to counter the administration of President William Ruto.
A section of the county bosses who met Odinga during a retreat in Naivasha openly rejected his calls for mass action to protest the removal of the four IEBC commissioners.
Juliana Cherera, Wanderi Kamau, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang’aya are facing a possible ejection from the electoral body after they attempted to subvert the will of Kenyans in the August 9 election by rejecting results.
“Our people are battling an ailing economy, joblessness, hunger and many other ills. This is not the appropriate time for mass action,” a governor told Odinga.
The Naivasha meeting was also attended by the coalition’s principal’s including Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Narc-Kenya’s Martha Karua who also raised concerns over ODM governors warming up to President Ruto.
Mombasa governor Abdulswamad Nassir and his Kilifi counterpart Gideon Mung’aro have made known their intentions to work with the Kenya Kwanza government.
Nassir said it was unanimously agreed that Azimio One Kenya Coalition governors should work with the Kenya Kwanza government. He stated that the Constitution is clear on the mandate of the national and county governments.
The governors told Odinga that they have to work with the government to realize meaningful development. Some even admitted that President Ruto has been reaching out to them to ditch the opposition.
The Naivasha meeting was meant to mend rifts within the coalition but instead exposed divisions in the alliance, forcing Odinga to put an hold to his plans of naming a shadow cabinet.
Only Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga remained guarded on the divisions in the coalition as she claimed that the governors agreed to remain in Azimio One Kenya Coalition even when working with the government.
“Governors will work with the government but we remain in the opposition,” Wanga said.
