Embattled Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has said he has no bad feelings against his political rival Wavinya Ndeti.
Mutua said he treats and regards Ndeti as his own 'sister' despite their political differences.
Mutua said their differences are based on politics and nothing else.
He stated that the media has made it look as if he is at war with Wavinya Ndeti.
“We are not friends on how we perceive politics and leadership, but we are friends when it comes to the fact that we are all Kenyans,” Mutua said on Sunday, during a live interview on Citizen TV.
Governor Mutua said he has often extended an olive branch to Ndeti in the course of their political differences.
The duo is not seeing eye to eye politically and has often engaged in ugly public spats.
Ndeti has often accused Mutua of failing to deliver on his mandate and hiding behind Public Relations and publicity to mislead residents.
Mutua on the other hand accuses Ndeti of allegedly running smear campaigns to tarnishing his government and bringing him down.
The political rivalry between the two has been reawakened following the Court of Appeal's ruling that nullified Mutua’s election.
The appellate court ordered the IEBC to conduct a fresh gubernatorial poll in Machakos.
Wavinya Ndeti has since asked her supporters and Machakos people to prepare for a by-election.
Mutua, on the other hand, has appealed the ruling at the Supreme Court.
Political pundits argue that Mutua could easily be sent packing in case of a by-election in Machakos.