West Mugirango MP James Gesami has accused his Budalang’i counterpart Ababu Namwamba of using opposition leader Raila Odinga as his campaign tool.
According to Gesami, the former ODM Secretary General is an agent of the Jubilee coalition mandated to taint Odinga's image in the opposition strongholds.
“This Ababu should come up with a strategy of getting votes for his masters other than making Raila a campaign tool. He has no agenda other than discussing Odinga in public rallies and that is a sign of desperation,” said Gesami in a telephone interview with this writer.
Gesami said that instead, Namwamba is tainting his own image as a respectable leader when he brings up Odinga's name during his rallies.
“He is a Jubilee agent and that we don’t need to know but he should keep off Raila and concentrate on his mission. It’s wrong for a respected leader like him to go around discussing an individual who isn’t even in his caliber at the political arena,” he said.
The Budalang'i lawmaker has been traversing ODM strongholds and he reportedly dismissed Odinga as a person who has been derailing development in his Nyanza backyard by becoming an obstacle of change during his tour at the coast over the weekend.