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Kibwana Calls Out Raila Over Azimio Pact

Achieng Mary | 1 year ago
Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana
Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana

Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana has criticized Azimio One Kenya Presidential flagbearer, Raila Odinga, for allegedly turning his back on a deal he signed before joining the coalition.

According to Kibwana his party alongside other Azimio affiliate parties had agreed that no zoning will take place adding that zoning would lock out small and emerging parties from securing elective seats, a move that will greatly undermine their representation in both parliament and county assemblies.

"You promised the 22 emerging political parties that there would be no zoning of regional enclaves. We joined Azimio upon your word and in good faith. In both CORD and NASA the so-called small parties faired badly. Let us not guillotine democracy," Kibwana wrote on Twitter.

The new strategy caused a rift and disquiet in the coalition, with some constituent parties such as Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua of Maendeleo Chap Chap who accused the registrar of political parties of denying his party a copy of the Azimio coalition agreement signed by the Azimio affiliate parties.

"The registrar of political parties (ORPP) and Azimio coalition party have refused to give us a copy of the Azimio coalition agreement deposited with the ORPP we signed to form the coalition,"  Mutua stated.

Defending the new strategy yet to be implemented by the coalition, Mr. Odinga earlier noted that the move was to avert instances where internal divisions risked the splitting of votes adding that the tactic would guarantee that the coalition party gets the maximum number of seats in the next parliament.

“We have to measure the strengths of each candidate and allow those with clout to proceed so that we don’t divide our votes,

“You form a coalition before an election to consolidate the presidential vote to win the presidency otherwise you will have too many candidates dividing votes and end up with the unlikely persons being elected,” Odinga stated.


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