Mombasa County gubernatorial candidate Suleiman Shahbal has said Nasa leader Raila Odinga is unable to lead the country and the Luo community because he cannot unite people.
Shahbal says Odinga will never be the country’s president since he only uses people for his own selfish gains.
“If Raila was a man who keeps his word, former ODM Pentagon members like DP William Ruto, Tourism CS Najib Balala, presidential candidate Joe Nyaga and former lands CS Charity Ngilu would not have dumped him," Shahbal told members of the Luo community in a meeting on Saturday.
“My friends, this is a leader taking his community to darkness and despair. You may not like this, but that is the truth,” he added.
The one time close ally of Odinga said it is the same reason why he left the ODM party in 2013, as he knew it would not be fair.
“Raila is outdated. He was very good when he was fighting for the second liberation, but that is now history. We now need to move forward,” Shahbal said.
Luo community chair Joseph Obuya said Shahbal is the right person to lead Mombasa county.
“I am in all parties. I am in ODM, Wiper, VDP, Jubilee. I am the chair of all the Luos in Mombasa so I have no party,” he said.
Obuya said they voted overwhelmingly for Joho in 2013 but he has betrayed them.
"This time we are duping him. We are now supporting you Shahbal. But if you turn out to be another Joho we will also dump you after five years,” said Obuya.