Hours after ODM leader Raila Odinga said he picked Aden Duale when he was a 'nobody' and helped him win the Dujis parliamentary seat back in 2007, the Garissa Town Member of parliament has refuted those claims.
“I personally picked up Duale and took him to one of the Sheikhs and a group of renowned elders in Garissa Town, and prevailed upon them to support him for the Dujis constituency parliamentary seat,” Odinga said.
Speaking to the Star on Thursday, Duale told Raila that in fact he is the one who brought in the value by producing more than 10 Mps from North Eastern to ODM.
"To the contrary, it is I who added value to Raila's politics by giving him a national outlook; from a Luo leader to a national leader," Duale said.
Duale also denied that his campaign was funded by the opposition leader, saying he is the one who funded Raila’s campaign.
The majority leader had to part ways with the former Prime Minister in 2010 because of fundamental ideological differences.
"We formed URP. He lost again to URP and Jubilee in 2013 when more than 15 MPs were elected on the party's tickets," he added.
The Garissa Township Mp has in many occasions attacked Raila whenever he exposes Jubilee government especially on matters to do with corruption.