Who is to blame for former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa’s sacking by President Kenyatta?
A good number of Kenyans believe that Echesa attracted President Kenyatta’s wrath due to his persistant “bad boy” character.
Echesa’s 13-month reign at the Sports docket was overshadowed by controversy after controversy.
Even as talks that his controversies and poor performances led to his sacking gain momentum, there is another theory on his sacking that is spreading so fast like bush fire.
Echesa’s allies have sensationally claimed that Opposition Chief Raila Odinga is to be blamed for his current woes.
Echesa himself believes that Raila Odinga is to be balmed for his now jobless state.
Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali has also joined Echesa in his cries and has said opposition leader Raila Odinga is to blame for what has befallen Echesa.
Washiali said Raila was secretly using the handshake deal to cripple Uhuru’s leadership.
He said president Uhuru Kenyatta should reconsider his decision to fire Echesa as the sports CS.
“This has caught us by surprise. We are feeling so low in our spirits and we feel left out. We are no longer part of the government,” he said.
He added, “It cannot be that every time someone needs to be punished in the government then it should be someone from Western. The other day Bungoma senator Moses Wetang’ula was dewhiped as senate Minority leader and replaced by someone from Nyanza. The person who has indirectly taken over from Echesa in the education docket also hails from Nyanza. Is Western region being sacrificed”.
The legislator said they have lobbied a section of politicians from Western to visit Uhuru amid efforts to find out what might have been the reason behind the sacking.
He said it was unfair for Echesa to be punished when little has been written about corruption in the sports docket.
“We want Uhuru because he is the boss to reconsider the move. Even if Echesa wasn’t the right person he wanted for the docket, we have other people from the region who have what it takes to lead the docket,” he added.