Were there any consultations from Wiper Party before its leader Kalonzo Mousyoka taking up role as a special peace envoy for President Uhuru Kenyatta? The house is not at piece at all since divisions are now dominating!
While party secretary general Judith Sijeny on Wednesday maintained that there were consultations before Kalonzo was given the go-ahead to accept the role, chairman Kivutha Kibwana questioned Kalonzo’s seriousness with his political career. Really?
“When a leader of the people becomes an errand boy, what becomes of the followers who have elevated him to the negotiation table?” Kibwana asked in a WhatsApp group.
Last Sunday, former Machakos senator Johnson Muthama raised concern about the mtu wa mkono (errand boy) role that Kalonzo landed and likened him to an athlete who fails to complete a race.
“As Kambas, we are pushing Kalonzo to become the next President and he is now running to the opposite direction with the relay baton,” Muthama said during a fundraiser at St John’s Catholic Church Lita, Kathiani constituency.
Sijeny criticised the leaders, saying the former Vice President enjoys the democratic space within the party. “I don’t think those leaders said anything bad, only that they were addressing the wrong audience. They could have asked the individual who assumed the role to receive an answer,” Sijeny said.
Again, she maintains that Kalonzo has the blessings of the party in his new role. “They are just jumping the gun. I don’t know why they are worried,” Sijeny said of Muthama and Kibwana.
Organising secretary and Kathiani MP Robert Mbui called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to continue using Kalonzo to foster promote peace in the region.
“To me, it didn’t make sense for Kalonzo to wait for 2022 to vie for President. It is better when he is engaged doing something constructive for the sake of this country because he is a former Vice President and a highly-talented peacemaker,” Mbui was quoted by The Star, one of the Kenya’s local dailies.
He said Kalonzo will be helping Kenya because “we cannot have peace within our country when the region is in turmoil”.
Wajir East MP Rashid Amin said Kalonzo was keen in helping Uhuru achieve the Big Four agenda.
Kalonzo and Foreign Affairs CS Monica Juma flew to Juba on Monday where they delivered President Uhuru’s congratulatory message to President Salva Kiir for implementing the South Sudan peace agreement.
During his father’s burial last Friday, Kalonzo said he will not mind being Uhuru’s “mtu wa mkono”.
He threatened those who will meddle in his relationship with the President of unspecified action.
“From today, let no one separate me and my brother Uhuru. I have accepted to run his errands. Those who will attempt to interfere will see my other side,” Kalonzo said.
Kalonzo’s elevation to a diplomatic role comes a month after ODM leader Raila Odinga was appointed African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa.
Do you think Kalonzo really helping President Kenyatta achieve his big four agenda as alleged by Wajir East legislator Rashid Amin?