The future of the Raila Odinga led Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party in the National Super Alliance (NASA) now hangs in the balance.
On Friday, Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Amani National Congress (ANC) Musalia Mudavadi and Ford Kenya’s Moses Wetangula held a crisis meeting in Karen where they said that ODM’s future in NASA will be decided on Tuesday next week.
In a statement, the three leaders said that their individual parties will hold National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings to decide on whether to expunge Raila Odinga’s ODM party from the NASA coalition.
The three leaders termed the move by ODM senators to petition removal of Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula as senate minority leader as mischievous and betrayal.
The leaders said that ODM’s senator’s move is a hit on the back of the NASA coalition that is champion for electoral reforms.‘
‘NASA principals Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi and Hon. Moses Wetangula this morning held a consultative meeting in Nairobi, following the happenings in the senate on 15 March 2018 and have reaffirmed their confidence in Wetangula as the official leader of the Minority in the Senate,’’ the statement signed by ANC Secretary General Barack Muluka read in part.
Kalonzo and Mudavadi said that their support for Wetangula is unwavering.On Friday, Raila Odinga who toured Kisii County said that he was not aware of the ODM senators plan to oust the Bungoma senator.
Raila is said to have called and requested for Wetangula to accompany him to Kisii but the Bungoma senator declined since he had a senatorial engagement in Isiolo County.
The move by ODM senators to oust Wetangula has opened more controversy in the NASA coalition that political analysts argue is on its ‘deathbed’.
NASA’s troubles continues, days after Raila Odinga met with President Uhuru Kenyatta and agreed to push for national dialogue.
Raila’s meeting with Uhuru angered a section of politicians allied to Kalonzo, Mudavadi and Wetangula who felt betrayed by the former Prime Minister who did not brief them on the meeting.