ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi’s ally and Lugari MP Ayub Savula has threatened to sue the council of governors chair Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya.
On Sunday, the ANC elected MP toured Kakamega town to assess the damage caused by the latest round of county government instigated demolitions of business premises and vowed to pursue justice and reparation for victims.
On Saturday, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Opatranya met a hostile reception as he hosted Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe.
Ayub Savula toured demolished business sites on the Law Court Road that leads to the county hospital and Mama Watoto Supermarket/Scheme Estate Roads.
While addressing the crowds, Savula urged residents to rise up and defend their rights.
“This is the lowest the governor has sunk. We must now rise up and I’m asking you, traders, to join me in the pursuit of justice and compensation,” said the Lugari MP.
Musalia Mudavadi’s ally promised to hire a lawyer on behalf of all affected traders who will submit to him a list of all businesses affected.
Accompanied by Sheywe Ward MCA Joab Amukhale and local Amani National Congress officials, Savula accused Oparanya of pursuing a sectarian agenda in the demolition exercise by targeting businesses owned by the poor while sparing rich traders.
According to Ayub Savula, the Kakamega governor has turned a blind eye on businesses owned by rich traders that are built on road reserves, riparian areas and sewer lines.
The ANC legislator accused Oparanya of failing to initiate any tangible development project after his reelection in 2017.
“The only projects he can show for the past three years are a public cemetery for mass graves, the demolition ruins, and Orange Democratic Movement rhetoric.
On Saturday, Senator Cleophas Malala and Lurambi MP Titus Khamala visited the victims separately.
Senator Malala, who was accused of hiring youths to pelt stones at Kagwe’s function, dismissed the allegation, claimed Oparanya had lost focus.
The vocal senator is in bad books with the ANC boss Musalia Mudavadi after he unsuccessful expelled him from the party.
