A section of Western Kenya leaders led by Water Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa have denounced Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi as the Luhya community spokesperson.
Speaking in Bungoma on Tuesday, Wamalwa stated that the community will not rally behind Mudavadi in his quest to succeed President Kenyatta in the 2022 general election, saying that he failed to show leadership.
Mudavadi stated: “Today I want to tell him (Mudavadi) come 2022, he should not expect our support because he has totally lost our confidence and our respect.”
“I’m serving him (Mudavadi) a notice of intention, come 2022, because of failure of leadership on his part, I want to come back and tell him that I will be back come 2022,” Wamalwa added.
Citing last week’s incident where he was heckled and forcefully thrown out of Maragoli festivals in Vihiga by opposition supporters and in presence of Mudavadi, Wamalwa said he (Mudavadi) was to blame for his humiliation. “What happened is regrettable and uncalled for. I received an apology from Maragoli elders and the organisers of the event,” he said. “As much as I have receive an apology, I don’t accept ANC leader Mudavadi’s position in a TV interview on what happened. I have had a lot of respect for him since 2013 when I supported him to run for President. He was like an elder brother, and he knows that well,” he said.
Wamalwa, who was flanked by a host of Jubilee MPs from the region said Mudavadi will be welcomed in Bungoma and Trans Nzoia, but should not expect their support for his presidential bid in 2022.
“Cotu boss Francis Atwoli crowned him Luhya spokesman, but we don’t want him,” Wamalwa said.
“When the late Masinde Muliro declared his candidature for presidency in 1991, Cyrus Jirongo, Musalia and Moses Wetang’ula, who were in Kanu, didn’t support him. Neither did they support my late brother Kijana Wamalwa in 1997,” he said.
“I will welcome him here, Dan Wanyama and the people of Bungoma, Trans Nzoia will welcome him as a fellow Luhya. But we will no longer welcome him here as our leader,” Wamalwa stated.
Other leaders led by Webuye MP Dan Wanyama echoed Wamalwa’s sentiments in their speeches.
Neno hili “Luhya” ni matusi…
Neno hili “Luhya” ni matusi. Neno hili lilibuniwa na Mwingereza aliyekuwa Maseno aliyeitwa Owen. Watu wanaoitwa Luyia ni mataifa madogo 18 ambayo kila mtu ana lugha yake na mila zake. Kwa mfano, Mbukusu akikutana na Mlogooli, wanatumia Kiswahili au Kiingereza kuwasiliana kwa sababu hawaelewani. Watiriki hula tumbili kama mboga na ugali. Wanaume wa taifa la Kisamia hawatahiriwi.
Ni muhimu kila taifa kujitambua kama taifa pekee lakini kushirikiana na Mataifa wengine yote ya Kenya kama Wanakenya.
Hapo ni kweli.There is no…
Hapo ni kweli.There is no tribe called Abaluhya.The same goes to Kalegine or Rumbwa.But there are tribes known as Nandi,Kipchigis,Tugen,Marakwets etc.
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So what’s your point ndugu…
So what’s your point ndugu imara? We already know that Luyhas like their ingokho.These other ones you are telling us about, who eat monkeys, who asked you about that? Whatever they eat they are all mulembe. Nimeishi na wao miaka mingi na sijaona wakikula nyani. Tafadhali omba msamaha.
@Njai, uliniambia niombe…
@Njai, uliniambia niombe msamaha niliposema ya kwamba Ndugu zetu WaTiriki hula tumbili, wewe niombe msamaha baada ya kutazama video ifuatayo niliyokutumia.
https://youtu.be/99HWWQdva4U
OMG now we know where the…
OMG now we know where the next outbreak of Ebola will come from. Utterly disgusting. I choose to eat my mukimo and gatheri instead.
It seems that Eurgine…
It seems that Eurgine wamalwa has sensed being dumped by Uhuru inthe next cabinate and that’s why he is so bitter and hungry.Where was he all this time and now all over a sudden wants to unite Mulembe or tell mulembe people who is their leader.First he should be a shamed of supporting jubilee.He should go back to kiss uhuruto ass as luhyas we don’t know him.Let him go and campaign for uhuruto in central province and he is not welcomed in Luhyaland.The only gentleman we know in Bukusuland is Wetangula not Eugene. the amphrodite man
From our history as luhyas,…
From our history as luhyas, maragoli people have never supported any clan from western when political need arise. Mudamba mudavadi used to fight with Angatia, then mp for malava over luhya spokesman. Moi gave Tirikis tea factory at shamakhokho, this Wickliffe’s mudavadi opposed and took it to mudede, when vihiga district was declared, he wanted kaimosi teachers college,now a university to be vihiga district prison facility. I support wamalwa, better oparanya than musalia.aliwapa wamaragoli shamba tiriki nas nill
Watch this space – Eugene is…
Watch this space – Eugene is a spent body. We have np more use with him. Asha kula kidogo. Asonge kando.
Kweli nimekubali ndugu imara…
Kweli nimekubali ndugu imara. Hata nikitembea huko tena sitakubali kula nyama. Kumbuka nyani ni nusu binadamu nusu mnyama. May be that’s why nasa people such as Guest1, Doreen, and even you are so wild sometimes.
@ Kaka Njai, yaonekana…
@ Kaka Njai, yaonekana hunielewi wala hutaki kunielewa. Kutoka hapo zamani, mimi sikumwuunga mkono rafiki yako Uhuru au adui yako Raila kuwa kiongozi au kuwa rais wa Kenya. Mimi si mfuasi wa Jubilee au NASA. Raila au Uhuru hawafai au hawawezi kuiongoza Kenya ya sasa. Wote wana siasa za kikabila.
Ndiyo sababu nilimpinga Kaka Wamalwa aliposema ya kwamba anampinga Mudavadi kama kiongozi wa taifa bandia la ” Waluhya.”
Hatuhitaji siasa za kikabila kama Raila na Uhuru wanavyotekeleza. Twahitaji siasa za taifa zima la Kenya. Mimi ni Mkenya.
Mudavadi does not require…
Mudavadi does not require Eugene support.Mudavadi only require to work with Wetangula as they are doing now and all Luhyas will be behind them in 2022.
@Bernard Sangura: Wakati…
@Bernard Sangura: Wakati umefika sasa wa kuwachagua watu walio na upeo wa kuona mbali. Siasa za ODM na Jubilee ni siasa za ubaguzi ambao hazitawezesha Kenya kuona mbali. Ndugu zetu Wajapani husema, “Chura hawezi kuona mbali akiwa kisimani.”
Ubaguzi wa asili ya mtu umeirudisha nchi ya Kenya nyuma yapata miaka mia moja. Siasa hizi potofu zimewafanya WanaKenya kumwuunga mtu kutokana na taifa lake dogo hata akiwa tapeli, mwuuaji, mwongo, jambazi, au mroho!
Kwa hiyo nawaomba Ndugu zangu Wakenya tuwatupilie mbali wanasiasa wote wanaozungumzia siasa za mataifa madogo ya Kenya. Mwishowe, ningependa kuona neno “Kalenjin,” “Abaluhya,” “Miji Kenda,” na pia “GEMA” limetupiliwa mbali halafu kuchukua msimamo mkubwa ya kwamba, “Sisi sote WanaKenya tu watu wa familia moja.” Mambo haya hayawezekani ingawa tungali na vyama vya kisiasa vibovu kama ODM, NASA, au Jubilee!
2022 is the last we gonna…
2022 is the last we gonna have elections based on tribal basis. There after my friend if you are the age bracket of 55 and above the next level of politics is not ours. Raila will be done Ruto will have been paid for his loyalty. And now we will look at a luhya, kikuyu, kalenjin,taita, Somalia, luo all this above who cannot speak More twenty word’s in their mother tongue. My kids included.