Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi is yet to announce his next move, regarding the March 9 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition chief Raila Odinga.
This, however, comes at a time when his other co-chiefs within the National Super Alliance (NASA) have taken different sides, with Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka on Saturday announcing that he will rally behind the President.
On the other hand, Ford Kenya party under Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula has remained hesitant on joining the Uhuru-Raila team which is popularised as a union to help the government realize its Big-4 agenda.
Should he go the Odinga way, Mudavadi risks being branded a traitor by his Luhya community and will be bashed for preferring outsiders over his tribesman Wetangula.
This will be also contrary to the Luhya unity push co-headed by the two Western Kenya leaders and could see him suffer a worse loss in his pending presidential bid, as he will have completely lost his backyard's support.
On the other hand, supporting Wetangula will be another miscalculation, as he risks slipping into political irrelevance, considering that he has always depended on Raila for mileage.
He will also be deemed a tribal man who is unwilling to participate in nation building for tribal purposes, further pushing away his potential supporters in the forthcoming 2022 contest.
The former Deputy Prime Minister, therefore, has to approach this issue with caution, as otherwise, it could ruin his future political ambitions.
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