Kakamega Deputy Governor Ayub Savula has revealed a powerful politician’s involvement in Western Kenya’s political dynamics.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Savula claimed that senior opposition leaders instructed him to lobby Western Kenya politicians to boycott a recent meeting at the Kakamega Gold Hotel.
The meeting, convened by Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary General Cleophas Malala, was considered irrelevant to the Luhya community’s development agenda.
“I have convened this meeting to give a rejoinder to what has happened today in Kakamega,” Savula stated.
He detailed his prior consultation with the opposition chief, who was in Mombasa at the time.
“I consulted the Azimio leader on whether to attend the meeting or ignore it; he gave me express instructions to lobby all members of parliament from Western to skip the meeting because the meeting was not going to discuss anything tangible in regard to the Luhya community,” Savula explained.
Savula criticized the meeting’s purpose, saying, “If there are issues regarding development, a budget of a country is not done by a secretary general of a party. The budget is done by the executive comprising ministers and is taken to parliament for approval; it is not discussed in a hotel.”
He added that the meeting aimed to discredit current Western Kenya leaders, including Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula, and Wycliffe Oparanya, the current nominee for the Cooperatives and MSMEs docket.
“Those are current leaders in government. We are standing by those leaders,” Savula affirmed.
Looking ahead, Savula announced plans for a significant political gathering led by Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula.
“We are going to convene a major meeting co-chaired by Musalia and Wetangula and all the MPs from Western province to discuss the political agenda of this community in view of the broad-based government that has been put in place by William Ruto and Raila Odinga,” he stated.
The evolving political scene in Western Kenya shows the region’s crucial role in the national landscape as leaders strive to consolidate their influence and shape their community’s future within Kenya’s governance framework...CONTINUE READING>>
