'If Mudavadi wanted a Cabinet position, Uhuru wouldve given him: Wamalwa on Kenya Kwanza deal

Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa has hit out at ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi over his alleged Prime Cabinet Secretary slot if Kenya Kwanza wins the August presidential elections, according to a leaked power-sharing agreement.

Wamalwa, addressing the press at the Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) press conference on Friday, claimed that the allegedly proposed position was almost similar in duties to the ones he currently plays in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cabinet as Devolution CS.

He intimated that President Kenyatta would have been more than willing to absorb Mudavadi into his Cabinet if only he (Mudavadi) had asked.

“We were very surprised that the power-sharing agreement that was unveiled showed Musalia being given a role of a Prime Cabinet Secretary in charge of inter-governmental relations. Well, that is the position I’m currently holding by the way; as the Minister for Devolution, I’m in charge of inter-governmental relations,” he said.

“I didn’t know my brother was aspiring to take over my roles. And I think if he was looking for a Cabinet position, I have no doubt his good friend President Uhuru Kenyatta would’ve said ‘Wamalwa, stay with Defence, release Devolution and inter-governmental relations to our brother Musalia Mudavadi.’ I have no doubt.”

The CS, who also holds the Defence docket, slammed the larger Kenya Kwanza coalition agreement terming it a feeble attempt to repurpose the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

According to Wamalwa, it is ironical for Deputy President William Ruto and his team to oppose the President Kenyatta and Raila Odinga-led BBI, only to later go around and adopt some of the document’s proposals in their own.

“The problem our brothers and friends in Kenya Kwanza have is that, perhaps, they don’t say what they mean, and they don’t mean what they say. Because if you’re talking about opposing BBI because of the creation of positions, and they themselves are creating the same positions, then really can we trust these fellows?” He posed.

“Everything they’re telling us, when given the opportunity, they might turn around and say that’s not we meant.”

The Kenya Kwanza coalition agreement, drawn by Tharaka Nithi Senator Prof. Kithure Kindiki, was deposited with the Registrar of Political Parties on Sunday night.

The power deal, as revealed by Citizen TV, allocated Mudavadi the Prime Cabinet Secretary slot if Ruto clinches the presidency in the August State House race.

The National Assembly Speaker’s seat is reserved for Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula and his Ford Kenya party, while the Senate speaker’s slot is allocated to Pamoja African Alliance (PAA) led by Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi.