Mudavadi, Wetangula accuse Raila of neglecting Western region after handshake

ANC Leader Musalia Mudavadi and his Ford-Kenya counterpart Moses Wetangula are now accusing ODM Leader Raila Odinga of neglecting the Western region during the handshake period.

The leaders claimed that Odinga had influenced the appointment of several people into government but did not include the region.

The two spoke at Mudavadi’s Mululu home where he hosted several leaders and residents on Friday.

The meeting provided the platform to throw salvos at Odinga over his recent reaction to the ongoing complaints about the national debt.

“Sisi katika eneo hili tumesaidiana sana na wale ndugu zetu wengine…we have invested political years in them, but they have been people who have shown a lot of ingratitude. Tunaambiwa kwamba we do not know what we’re talking about, surely if mtu wa kitendawili anataka kuwa rais wa Kenya na anasema tunabweka tukiongea maneno ya madeni, mimi nataka niwaambie tutazidi kubweka,” said Mudavadi.

The leaders accused Odinga of neglecting the region during his association with President Uhuru Kenyatta under the handshake.

“Mliskia jirani yetu aki boast ya kwamba tangu handshake ameleta kwa area yake miradi ya maendeleo ya karibu shilingi bilioni mia mbili, na nyinyi mliompigia kura karibu zote ameleta nini?” Posed Wetangula.

Mudavadi added: “Sisi kwa Kenya Kwanza hatutaki tu kuingia kwa serikali, tunataka tuunde serikali na tunataka tuunde serikali tukitembea tukiwa na vichwa vyetu vimesimama imara sio kwa magoti.”

In what they termed as the Mululu Declaration, the leaders vowed to rally the region that has traditionally voted for Odinga, to support the presidential bid of Deputy President William Ruto.