Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi and his Ford Kenya counterpart Moses Wetangula have been faulted over their opposition for the consultative meeting set for Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega on Saturday.
Allies of the two leaders and Western Kenya Jubilee Party lawmakers have since vowed to hold a parallel meeting at the Nabongo Grounds in Mumias to rival the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) consultative forum set for Bukhungu.
But former Mwingi Central MP Joe Mutambu has bashed the two for allowing their allies to engage in such, suggesting that by the look of things, its possible that they are the forces behind the Mumias meeting.
He termed it wrong for the two to organise a parallel meeting, adding that the narrative that the meeting will be used to address the plight of cane farmers does not hold water.
"Mudavadi and Wetangula are my friends but this issue of calling parallel meetings is not good. The factory did not collapse yesterday (Mudavadi na Wetaa ni rafiki zangu, lakini hii maneno ya mkutano ikiitwa na wao wanaweka yao sio nzuri. Mumias haikuanguka jana)," he said on Radio Citizen on Wednesday night.
He said that he will be personally attending the Bukhungu function, where the proposed constitutional changes will be discussed.
At the same time, he urged Kenyans and leaders from Western Kenya not to allow their varying stands on the proposed amendments divide them.
"I will attend the Bukhungu function. I want to plead with Kenyans not to allow the BBI debate to breach their peace. Those opposed to it should not storm the meetings organized by the other group (Kule Bukhungu mimi nitaenda, lakini nawaomba wakenya wasikubali BBI iharibu amani, wale hawaitaki wasiende kuharibu amani kwa mikutano ya wengine)," he added.
Wetangula and Khalwale have since claimed that they have not been invited to the Bukhungu meeting, claiming that the only invitation they received was through the social media.