Embattled nominated Member of Parliament Godfrey Osotsi is struggling not to lose his seat, but will he manage to fight back? The Musalia Mudavadi-led Amani National Congress party already removed him from the list of its members.
However, details have emerged that Mudavadi allegedly received Sh60 million from tycoon Abdinasir Hassan of Hass Petroleum in 2017 campaigns on grounds he would be nominated to parliament.
According to a local daily, Brown Ondego, a close ally of Mudavadi was in the deal. Hassan’s name was number three on nomination list and Mudavadi believes he will be one of his key financiers come 2022 presidential elections that he is gearing for.
It is on these grounds that Mudavadi is under pressure to sacrifice nominated MP Godfrey Osotsi.
Osotsi has been battling to mend fences with Mudavadi using a number of Luhya elders among them, the head of Church of God Byrum Makokha and former senator Patrick Wangamati, the father of Bungoma governor Wycliffe Wangamati.
At one time, Osotsi even went public asking for a truce and wrote a letter to Mudavadi but instead, it ended up on social media. The nominated MP’s lawyers have also written to Mudavadi.
For now, Osotsi has moved to court to block his deregistration suing registrar of political parties and ANC.
The court has issued orders stopping the move. But even now, Mudavadi is said to be out to have Osotsi auctioned. Will Osotsi manage to fight back?