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Western Kenya is the second-most populous voting bloc in the country after Mt Kenya. Despite the huge numbers, the region has had very little or no impact in the past three general elections.
This is because of Luhya leaders pulling their people in different directions. Raila Odinga, Musalia Mudavadi, Moses Wetangula and even William Ruto have a substantial number of elected leaders in the region. It is not clear why the Luhya nation has refused to unite and speak one voice like other regions.
COTU Secretary Francis Atwoli, a self-proclaimed Luhya elder, always delivers different messages according to his audience. When in Western, he says Mudavadi should be president but when in Nairobi he claims President Uhuru Kenyatta is too young to retire.
The infighting in the house of Mulembe will rare its ugly hand again on Saturday as the leaders prepare to host parallel meetings over the BBI report. Atwoli and Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya will lead the BBI crusaders at the Masinde Muliro Stadium in Kakamega town. Mudavadi and Wetangula, the two most senior Luhya leaders will not attend.
Why can’t these people come together and agree on the direction they want the community to take? Will the Luhya community ever produce a President?
Here are the stories making headlines on Opera News:
Ruto Meets Kalonzo in Sudan
Deputy President William Ruto met Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka in Sudan on Tuesday evening.
Kalonzo has said that he met the DP at Khartoum airport but the meeting was purely coincidental.
“Nothing pre-planned happened. There was no meeting at all. It is a desperate attempt to say the meeting was pre-planned. The DP was in the company of Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi. Also present at the airport was Kenya’s ambassador Chris Mburu,” Kalonzo said.
Real Reason Kiunjuri was Fired
This move is a clear pattern that Uhuru is taking an independent path and political course. Mwangi Kiunjuri, the immediate former Agriculture CS was a marked man for a while.
Mutyambai Transfers Top Police Officers
The Kenya Police Service has transferred over 61 top-ranking police officers in a move that has affected Nairobi, Western and North Eastern regions. KPS transferred and promoted Sub County Police Commanders, making sweeping changes in the administration of Sub Counties.
Daily Nation was first to report that over 100 Sub Counties in the 47 counties were affected by the move, announced by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of the Kenya Police Service Edward Mbugua.
The Kenya Police Service is once again on the spot for allegedly killing and brutalizing Kasarani residents on Wednesday. The residents were demonstrating over poor roads but police used excessive force and live bullets to disperse them. How should Interior Cabinet Secretary deal with some of his rogue officers?