ODM leader Raila Odinga has shocked most of his supporters after dramatically changing tune on the party’s decision to expel vocal Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa from the party.
Speaking at Toi market in Kibra on Tuesday following a fire that destroyed over 1,900 stalls, Mr Odinga said that the errant MP only has to apologise to be brought back into the fold.
“We forgave Dori after he apologised. So if Aisha Jumwa does the same, we will forgive her,” said Mr Odinga.
But why the sudden change of mind, coming less than two weeks after he warned ODM members about party loyalty?
Well, it has everything to do with DP William Ruto.
At the weekend, Dr Ruto lashed out at ODM accusing the party of ill-treating women MPs after they pardoned Mr Dori, who wrote an apology letter in bid to stop explusion.
The owner of the earth, Ayatollah, the father, the son and the Holy Ghost now wants Aisha Jumwa to kneel down, worship him and lick his *** in order to be forgiven. The perennial election loser is taking his jokes too far…..
Mesut Ozil #TuesdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/yUPVasHLfK— Wuod Japuonj🇰🇪 (@_fels1) March 12, 2019
In fact Aisha Jumwa defied ODM and attended Ruto’s fundraisers in Kilifi on Saturday.
Raila has had to eat humble pie after powerful Kilifi governor Amason Kingi, chose to side with Aisha Jumwa over the party.
Kingi publicly criticized the dark forces inside ODM.
So Raila had a tough choice; expel Jumwa and go to a by-election in which the vocal MP would win by a landslide or backtrack on his words?
Raila is a cunning politician. He knows that in the event of a by- election in Malindi, Aisha Jumwa supported by DP Ruto and Gov Kingi will win the seat by morning and that will be a big embarrassment to him and his party .This is a tactical retreat by Mr. Odinga.— #PunguzaMizigo Fredrick Okango (@fokango) March 12, 2019
So the lord of poverty had no choice but to forgive Jumwa.