COTU secretary general Francis Atwoli has slammed Cord co-principal Moses Wetangula and Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale for skipping the Luhya community rally on Saturday.
The rally, held at the Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega, saw Musalia Mudavadi crowned as Luhya spokesman.
“I wanted Wetang'ula and Khalwale to be here. They have disrespected me. If it were not me who paid for Khalwale's court petition he could have not been the Senator,” the angered Atwoli told the crowd.
Atwoli said he is not “a small person” in the country and should not be ignored.
"... mimi sio mtu mdogo hapa kenya, mimi ni kiongozi wa Kenya. Na ni vibaya sana kama kuna mtu anasema Atwoli anatumiwa na watu ... Wote wamepitia hii mkono yangu," he said in Swahili. – “I am not a small person in Kenya, I am a Kenyan leader. And it is bad that somebody is saying that i am being used by other people. all of them have passed through my hands.”
The leaders who attended the function were Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, MPs Alfred Agoi (Sabatia), Yusuf Chanzu (Vihiga), Raphael Otalo (Lurambi) and Andola Benjamin (Khwisero).