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Moses Wetang’ula: Why I Will Skip Bukhungu II Meeting
Ford Kenya Party Leader Moses Wetang’ula has confirmed he will not attend Bukhungu II Luhya unity meeting due to other engagements.
Wetang’ula this morning took to his Twitter handle to announce that he will meet party officials in Trans Nzoia County to plan for the 2022 General Election before attending a boat racing event in Busia County.
“Today I am meeting Ford Kenya Officials and party candidates in Trans Nzoia to plan for 2022. Thereafter I will attend end year boat racing at Number Beach in Bwiri ward Busia County,” he tweeted.
Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) secretary-general Francis Atwoli who is also the convener of the meeting said they invited the One Kenya Alliance (OKA) leaders because the meeting was not for a specific political outfit.
According to Atwoli, the organisers invited ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Kanu’s Gideon Moi and Wetang’ula to be part of their pronouncement ahead of the 2022 General Election.
Atwoli said Mudavadi was invited as Luhya spokesperson while the other OKA principals were invited as friends.
“Mudavadi is still the spokesperson of the Luhya community. So we are only interested to know who will be part of the next government. That is why we have invited him, Wetang’ula and other OKA principals who are our friends,” said Atwoli.
Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala had on Tuesday said the Bungoma Senator and Mudavadi will not attend the Atwoli-convened meeting in Bukhungu but were the guests of honour at the Cleo Malala Super Cup tournament at Mumias Sports Complex for the finals.
“Uniting the Mulembe people using soccer. Musalia Mudavadi and Wetang’ula confirmed guests in the 4th edition of the biggest tournament in East Africa,” said Malala.
It is now apparent Wetang’ula will skip both meetings which are underway in Kakamega County.
Both Gideon and Kalonzo have not confirmed if they will attend or not.
Wetang’ula, Kalonzo and Mudavadi on December 9 snubbed ODM leader Raila Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja event at Nairobi’s Kasarani Stadium where he announced his fifth State House bid.
Deputy President William Ruto has vowed to that his government if given the mandate to lead the country in the August 9 polls will deal with hands-on with ‘State capture.’
According to the Presidential candidate, state policies are being used to facilitate the theft of public funds as corruption had been absorbed into government.
DP William Ruto made these calims while speaking to the Reuters in an interview.
“We have no intention of prosecuting President Uhuru Kenyatta, but we have every intention of dealing with State capture. It cannot be business as usual,” the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate said.
DP Ruto’s running mate, Rigathi Gachagua also alluded to said State capture, saying those involved will be dealt with should Kenya Kwanza form the next government.
“We will not go after individuals. We will go after all those in state capture and conflict of interest,” Gachagua said in a joint media broadcast.
The Mathira MP vaguely explained that it was “people in power who have used or are using their offices to use up public resources to their advantage,” when asked who or what State capture was.
The DP has also revealed plans of bringing to end the Kenya’s national debt, which currently stands at Sh9 trillion, in an exclusive interview with international media.
He said the country has the capacity to handle the debt situation, and that they as Kenya Kwanza have mapped out plans of how to go about it, should they win.
“We will put the brakes on more borrowing. It may not come to zero but we will begin the journey to slow down on more borrowing,” the DP said.
Campaigns hit fever pitch and candidates scramble for airtime to sell their agendas with just eighteen (18) days left as Kenya will soon be headed to the General Election.
Sonko has increased the intense in the race for Mombasa county which already has aspirants from the UDA and ODM parties.
Sonko has finally been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to contest for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat.
On Thursday, July 14 2022, Sonko in the accompany of his supporters was given the green light.
The former Nairobi governor was invited by the IEBC to submit his letter for clearance as per a letter addressed to him earlier.
“The venue will be the IEBC Mombasa County offices and you are expected to submit your papers on July 14, 2022 between 2pm and 4pm,” Swalha Ibrahim the returning officer said.
The letter to Sonko came after a high court ruled that the politician doesn’t be disqualified from vying for governor noting that the governor was eligible to run for office. The commission said it could not head to the courts to appeal the decision as time could not allow.
Addressing the media after the clearance, Sonko said his candidature seeks to solve the problems of the people in the Coastal city and that he was bringing a new awakening in the city.
Sonko said he was not worried about the short time time line he has to undertake the campaigns in the large city noting that he was drawing a campaign schedule to begin immediately.
“We must campaign, we have few days but we will utilize them properly. We can do two days per constituency or a day per constituency,” Sonko noted.
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