Confused Luhya Unity leaders and politicians will converge in Kakamega in January to declare the community’s political direction. The leaders will be choosing between a political conman Raila Odinga, a political coward Musalia Mudavadi and the Sugoi ‘thief’.
In what is dubbed Bukhungu II Declaration, Cotu boss Francis Atwoli said the January 18 meeting will not be a gathering to push for the realisation of Luhya unity, but its confirmation.
“Already, we are more than 100 per cent united. This elusive Luhya unity talk is a creation of the media and it should stop,”
A similar meeting was held at Bukhungu Stadium on December 31 2016, where ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi was declared the community’s spokesman.
Speaking at his rural residence in Khwisero in Kakamega county, Atwoli said next year’s event will be used to punish rebel Luhya leaders
“We will field a candidate in the coming elections and let nobody cheat you that we might backtrack on that,” he said.
Present at the Christmas and New Year treat were ODM leader Raila Odinga and his wife Ida, secretary-general Edwin Sifuna, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Nominated MP Wilson Sossion among others.
Oparanya said the January 18 meeting will involve leaders from Bungoma, Busia, Vihiga and Kakamega counties.
“There are few areas we feel as leaders should be looked into,”
Oparanya added that an expanded executive has not been given enough emphasis since leaders from the region want a powerful prime minister and two deputies
Mudavadi, while gracing the Maragoli Festivals in Mbale, said the community in Western Kenya should reach out for the support of other regions ahead of 2022.
“We must extend the hand of friendship and brotherhood to other regions,”
Vihiga Governor Wilbur Ottichilo said the region must remain united and at the right time ask for support from the rest of the country.
“There is need for Mudavadi to forge alliances with kingpins from other regions ahead of 2022,” Ottichilo said.
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa is right to forge a close working relationship with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Lugari MP Ayub Savula asked Raila to support Mudavadi’s presidential ambition this time.
Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetangula and Ruto’s mouthy stone-thrower Dr Khalwale remain mute after openly declaring their allegiance to DP Ruto.
Luhyas are still fighting their irrelevant in-tribe superiority based on hogwash ‘book-history’ of colonial collaborators and those that opposed the white man. People who are still in colonial-era should not be spreading their irrelevant buttocks at the State’s political high table in the 21st century.
