Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, in a fit of rage on Saturday, January 11, claimed that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga had joined forces with Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru and Interior CS Fred Matiang'i in a political pact.
Speaking after his release from Kilimani Police Station where he was detained for two days, the lawmaker further claimed that the trio had proceeded to strengthen their political formation during a Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) meeting in Kisii.
The BBI meeting, which took place on Friday, January 10, was the first of several planned BBI consultative meetings that expected to be convened across the country.
The Kisii meeting was attended by 11 Governors, 78 Members of Parliament as well as several MCAs and community elders including Raila, Waiguru and Matiang'i.
"I have no shame, I have no guilt to say that in this country we are heading for elections next year but one and it is normal and natural that we are going to have formations in this country.
"Yesterday, we saw a formation of Raila Odinga, CS Matiang'i and Anne Waiguru that came out of Kisii. I do not belong to that formation of Raila, Matiang'i and Waiguru presidential campaign," argued Kuria.
Following the same script, Deputy President William Ruto, in a Twitter lament, claimed that the Orange Democratic Party, which is led by Raila, had 'hijacked' the BBI report and was using it for personal gain.
"We accept that BBI and/or handshake has been hijacked to craft ODM's 2022 political line up. Unity and inclusivity pretense and associated squander of public resources should stop. Unity? The opposition (NASA) is already dismembered or dead and now dividing Jubilee (Party). Big four roll out only way to go," Ruto remarked on Twitter.
In his speech during the BBI meeting hosted at Gusii Sports Club, Raila stated that the initiative was specially designed for Kenyans and that it would aid in alleviating poverty as well as diseases.
"There is no country in the world that is similar to Kenya, therefore, each and every country must come up with solutions to each of its own problems and peculiarities.
"We cannot go and copy how they did it in America. We must deal with these issues ourselves, that is why we say this is a game of inclusion, not exclusion,” stated Raila.
