Former Cabinet minister Musikari Kombo [PHOTO/parlament.gv.at]
Former Cabinet minister Musikari Kombo has said ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi will not bring any votes to NASA.
Speaking at his home in Webuye on Monday, the former area MP said Mudavadi does not have votes since the people who voted him in the 2013 general election were New Ford Kenya supporters have since decamped to Jubilee.
“The 470,000 votes Musalia got in 2013, half of them were from Bungoma and New Ford Kenya supporters. So now I wonder where will he get votes to deliver to Raila?” Kombo posed.
New Ford-K was among the parties that closed shop to form the Jubilee Party.
Kombo argued that all the votes Mudavadi got from Trans Nzoia and Bungoma in 2013 will not go to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He also accused the duo of Mudavadi and Bungoma senator Moses Wetang'ula of betraying the Luhya community when they agreed to back Raila’s bid for President
“I and Eugene Wamalwa sacrificed and supported Musalia as our son thinking that even if he didn’t win in 2013 he could be on the ballot this year, only [for him] to come out and betray the Luhya community,” he said.Kombo said the former Deputy Prime Minister hoodwinked the Luhya community. This may prove costly for his future presidential ambitions, he said.
“How do those who supported him in 2013 feel now after he abandoned his presidential bid and asked us to support Raila,” Kombo said.
He further urged the Luhya community to support President Uhuru’s re-election since, he said, Uhuru will defeat Raila.
“I have no doubt Uhuru is going to win and I’m urging the Luhya community not to be left out when it comes to forming the next government,” Kombo said.