Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua has accused ODM leader Raila Odinga of dishonesty, arguing that he disrespects Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka.
Mr Musyoka and Odinga have worked together in the past two presidential elections as a running mate and presidential candidate respectively.
On Sunday, as reported by the Standard, Wambua said Wiper party will not force to work with Mr Odinga if he's no longer interested.
“For the longest time now, Raila has demonstrated to us that he has no respect for Wiper party and Kalonzo. We will not force him to work with us when he is clearly not interested,” Wambua said.
His remarks came just a day after ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, who had attended a rally in Kitui, said Mr Odinga will now work with Ukambani governors.
Sifuna described governors Alfred Mutua (Machakos), Charity Ngilu (Kitui) and Kivutha Kibwana (Makueni) as “our true political friends” and thanked them for backing ODM candidate Imran Okoth who won the recent Kibra by-election.
"In Kibra by-election, we (ODM) were taking stock of our friends, and we identified them one by one. We do not want people who are friends by the day and enemies by night,” Sifuna said.
But Wambua believes Mr Odinga is dishonest, arguing that he had agreed to back Mr Musyoka in the coming polls in 2022.
“In 2017 he told us he wanted to dispense his last bullet then he will support us in 2022. There is a Memorandum of Understanding to that effect deposited with senior lawyers in this country,” claimed Wambua.
The three governors have been challenging Musyoka's dominance in Ukambani. They started aligning themselves towards Raila, causing the current rift.