What threatening to tear apart Jubilee has now taken root in ANC party under the leadership of Musalia Mudavadi.
Mudavadi just like the Deputy President William Ruto is almost being kicked out from his own party.
Senator Cleophas Malala (Kakamega) and nominated MP Godfrey Osotsi told Mudavadi to look for a political vehicle to use in 2022 as he is no longer welcome in ANC.
Osotsi is fighting to save his seat after ANC expelled him for failing to tow the party line. The national executive council, in a special meeting on Monday, kicked him out. He was also accused of mismanaging party funds.
“Hon Godfrey Osotsi stands expelled from ANC. He is no longer a member of this party and ceases to enjoy the privileges attendant to being a member, or to act on behalf of the party in any way whatsoever,” secretary general Barack Muluka said, citing Articles 50 and 51 of the party constitution.
But Osotsi and Malala promised the mother of all political battles in their bid to wrest the party from Mudavadi.
“The same mistake he is committing is the same mistake he did with UDF. I would advise him to start looking for a party to run on because ANC has its owners,” Malala said.
“The purported expulsion is null and void. How can you chase someone from a party that is not yours?”
He said Osotsi is a bona fide member of ANC and the legitimate secretary general and is “going nowhere”, contrary to the demands by some party leaders.
Osotsi said anyone who wants to ascertain the real owners of the party should check with the Registrar of Political Parties. The embattled lawmaker claimed he is being targeted to make room for a girlfriend of a senior party member whose name was next in the ANC nomination list.
He said he formed ANC way back in 2015 alongside nine like-minded Kenyans and only roped in Mudavadi after he was kicked out of UDF.