Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale has faulted former prime minister Raila Odinga over his proposla for the six-piece ODM voting pattern even as the 2017 elections beckon.
During his tour of western Kenya last week, Raila asked supporters to only vote for ODM candidates in next year’s general election.
Khalwale instead said the county will vote for Ford Kenya leader and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang'ula and other candidates from the party.
"I want to tell your partner and my friend Raila that he is talking to himself," Khalwale told a rally in Kakamega on Sunday as reported by the Star.
He lauded his Bungoma counterpart’s style of leadership saying he is the best leader for the Luhya community.
“Power respects only one thing... power respects power, and that is why as the Luhya community we have to have power in the Cord coalition," he said as quoted by the Star.
Khalwale said he had never lost to an ODM candidate and was not about to do so in next year’s polls.
This apparently was in reference to Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya who has said he will seek re-election in the 2017 polls.
Raila, according to the Star, has publicly supported Oparanya but has been told not to impose the governor on Luhyas.