Foreign Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) and former Budalang'i lawmaker Ababu Nawamba now says that his recent call for the Luhya community to reconsider its political affiliation has succeeded.
Speaking in an interview on Radio Citizen Thursday, the former opposition ally who vowed to change the community's political mentality, after deserting opposition's Orange Democratic Party (ODM) for Jubilee-friendly Labor Party, claimed that his efforts to take the community out of the opposition and into the government have bore fruits.
He pointed out that as a result of the campaign, the Luhya nation can now brag of an increased number of powerful positions allocated to it by the government, including Devolution and Sports dockets.
''The fruits of our push for Mulembe consciousness are already visible,'' he said.
''The plan was to enable our people to view the other side of politics and it has succeeded. As a result, we can now boast of some powerful positions in the government including the Sports and Devolution ministries headed by Rashid Echesa and Eugene Wamalwa respectively,'' added Namwamba.
The former ODM Secretary-General had claimed that the community's continued stay in the opposition was unhealthy for its development and went ahead to endorse and campaign for President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election.