Malala to Mudavadi, Wetang’ula, Mutua: Fold parties or quit posts
New United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary General Cleophas Malala has told senior government officials in the Kenya Kwanza administration who are still clinging to their parties to choose between being in government or quitting the positions and holding on to their political outfits.
Mr Malala who spoke in Ahero, Kisumu County during a UDA party membership recruitment exercise said those who fail to relinquish their party positions will have to forget about their positions in government.
The former Kakamega senator said the officials must ensure their parties, as well as all parties in Kenya Kwanza, are dissolved to join UDA – the party that sponsored President William Ruto to power.
The remarks could be seen to be targeting Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua, who heads the Maendeleo Chap Chap party, and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, who is the Ford Kenya leader.
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi ceded his leadership of the Amani National Congress (ANC) party to Lamu governor Issa Timamy, while Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria’s Chama Cha Kazi (CCK) has already started the process of folding to join UDA.
Mr Malala spoke in the political backyard of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition leader Raila Odinga, saying his first assignment was to try and turn the political wave in the opposition stronghold in favour of the ruling UDA party.
Mr Malala further warned politicians who troop to the State House to meet President Ruto without any serious agenda to promote UDA at the grassroots.
He said the party will no longer accommodate such politicians and had chosen to work with leaders who have remained loyal to UDA and President Ruto.
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