NASA chief Raila Odinga. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
Internal wrangles pitting NASA constituent parties threaten to break the opposition coalition and derail its agenda moving forward, political pundits have warned.
''Unless the parties in NASA find a way of resolving their issues amicably instead of fighting publicly, sustaining the coalition will prove to be a difficult task.'' Herman Manyora, a respected socio-political pundit, told a local TV program.
The very public disagreements amongst members of NASA over House committees' elections continue to expose the soft underbelly of an outfit struggling to remain united.
Last week, Wiper and ODM engaged in a vicious back and forth with the former accusing the later of dishonest behaviour after it emerged ODM members from a certain region had been given the lion share of parliamentary slots in a list submitted to parliament.
Wiper's strongly opposed the list, forcing Speaker Justin Muturi to ask the party's top leadership to write a letter to him confirming whether the names met their approval.
The pressure on NASA over parliamentary positions shows no signs of easing as Mudavadi's ANC party has criticised ODM for going against an agreement to give ANC the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Nambale MP Sakwa Bunyasi had been proposed but ODM presented Opiyo Wandayi to the shock of ANC.
Wandayi went on to win.
ANC's protestations mark an escalation in the tensions amongst constituent parties, giving more fodder to political analysts like Mutahi Ngunyi who argue that NASA is doomed to break.