Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has found himself on the receiving end after sending a fiery message to anti-United Democratic Alliance (UDA) lawmakers.
In a lengthy post on Wednesday, July 14, Sudi claimed that the leaders had selfish and personal interests claiming that they were no longer welcome in the party.
The leaders mention in the fiery post include Hon. Margaret Kamar, Hon. Swarrup Mishra, Hon. William Chepkut, Hon. Joshua Kutuny, Hon. Alfred Keter, Hon. Silas Tiren, Hon. Zedekiah Kiprop Buzeki among others.
He challenged them to leave the party and create their own or join other political parties across the country even as campaigns ahead of 2022 General Elections intensify.
"I urge those who chest thump with a lot of pride thinking they have enough money to buy anyone that stands on their way. I am talking of leaders with selfish and personal interests like Hon. Swarrup Mishra.
"They are however free to chart their own political path either by registering their own party or join other political affiliations. We currently live in a democratic society where every leader enjoys freedom of association," he stated.
"We cannot tolerate cheap threats, petty propaganda and malicious agendas in UDA. The train left the station long time ago, only Hustlers with the same ideology can join us not clueless and rudderless rebels. Watch this space," he added.
The notice rubbed several leaders and Kenyans alike the wrong way with many claiming that Sudi had reduced the party to an ethnic battleground.
Buzeki, in retaliation, claimed that on the surface, UDA was being projected as a national party but was perturbed as to why Sudi was arguing along ethnic lines.
"A National Party has ability to have supporters from all over the Country and at the same time have those with divergent opinions from across the Country including its perceived strongholds.
"Chest thumping, empty threats are zinjatrophic and retrogressive. Let's for once respect the electorate and present to them issue based contest where ideologies and manifestos compete. Hiding behind a political wave is immoral and non productive to the Community we represent," he noted.
This comes even as Deputy President William Ruto, who is the leader of UDA, and his ODM counterpart Raila Odinga continue to square it out for the 2022 top seat.
Buzeki has had a longstanding fight with DP Ruto after he ditched the Jubilee Party in 2019 and decamped to Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM).
In January, he resigned as the Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) Secretary-General after the party joined forces with UDA in the "hustler movement".
