Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Photo: Buzz Kenya/buzzkenya.com
Nominated Member of parliament and aspirant for Ruiru parliamentary seat Isaac Mwaura also popularly known as "Mtetezi wa Baba" (Raila's man) before he ditched his 'political father' for Jubilee has revealed four reasons why Raila will never be president.
First, Mwaura said Odinga can never be president because he discriminates youthful politicians based on their financial status, Mwaura said the former Prime Minister hands nomination certificates to older politicians because of their money.
"He doesn't value youthful politicians because they don't have money to bribe him with this attitude youthful politicians will fall off along the way and their peers and relatives will have no reason to vote," he said.
He also said Raila has no passion in nurturing youthful leaders but to use them, he narrated his own experiences where Odinga tried to eject him but high profile individuals in the party came to his aid.
"Raila wanted to remove me from the party list but Henry Kosgei, Janet Ongera, and Anyang Nyong'o came to my rescue," he said.
Mwaura, secondly said Raila will remain on the sidelines of power because of engineering unfair party primaries.
Thirdly, the first time legislator said since he left the party, ODM has been in a disorganised state which he feels will diminish Raila's chances for the top seat.
"Having been in ODM before, and now watching from my Jubilee stable I can clearly see the disorganisation in the party which I know they will infect ANC, Wiper, and Ford-Kenya being that ODM is the biggest member of the NASA outfit," he added.
"Raila can cancel crucial NASA meetings just for a chance to address mammoth crowds like the one that was pulled by Jubilee in Tononoka, thus killing NASA," he added.
Finally, Mwaura said Raila will fail because he can only thrive in propaganda.
"Raila thrives in telling 'vitendawili' and propaganda which Kenyans have gotten used too. His brand of politics has also been overtaken by time," said Mwaura.
"Raila looks only attracting from far but if you get to know him he is not a reformer but just a politician like the rest, in fact, he is two faced making it harder to trust him," he added.
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