Following the exit of Ababu Namwamba as Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party Secretary General, Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has discredited the ODM Raila Odinga for what he termed as mistreatment of members of the Luhya community in the party.
In a statement sent to the press, Mudavadi welcomed Ababu’s exit from the party and blasted the ODM leadership, saying that ODM has failed to keep the promises it made to the people of Western Kenya.
Mudavadi asked Namwamba to join him in strategising ahead of the forthcoming polls.
He also claimed that the Jubilee government is responsible for Western Kenya’s economic woes affirming that it has sidelined the Luhya community in terms of development.
The statement reads:
“The continued acrimonious exit from ODM by key leaders from Luhyaland is yet another confirmation that ODM has miserably failed to represent the hopes, interests and aspirations of Luhya community and that it is a party that specialises in political posturing and gerrymandering with no clear and long-term tangible agenda.
Ababu and the other leaders who have been frustrated and marginalised in ODM are unconditionally welcomed to ANC if they are uncomfortable in ODM because it is their natural home," he said.