Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi's Amani National Congress (ANC) held a crisis meeting following demands from President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) for a merger of all affiliate parties.
Speaking in Mombasa County on Sunday, March 5, party leader Governor Issa Timamy declared that ANC would not dissolve to UDA.
Timamy argued that ANC had a huge stake in the Kenya Kwanza coalition, referring to the pre-election agreement signed in 2022.
"I want to make it clear that the Amani party is not going to fold. we are an independent party which is part of the Kenya Kwanza coalition. That discussion is not important now.
"There was an agreement that was signed between the various constituent parties and Amani party is a major stakeholder," Timamay reiterated.
However, he maintained that the party which was once led by Mudavadi fully backed President Ruto and supported the Kenya Kwanza government.
Meanwhile, Vihiga Woman Representative Beatrice Adagala lashed out at UDA Secretary-General Cleophas Malala for pushing for party politics instead of addressing national issues.
"It is the time when Kenyans are looking up to all the elected leaders to deliver. Kenyans want to prices of electricity, fuel, maize flour, cooking oil and milk have reduced," Adagala stated.
Her sentiments were reiterated by Timamy who called on the administration to urgently address insecurity in the country and the state of the economy.
On March 4, Malala gave affiliate parties up to August to fold, adding that they could only speak in one voice with the government if they were in UDA.
He added that anything short of that would be tantamount to contempt against President Ruto. He argued that a merger would go a long way in dealing with sibling rivalry within the party.
In the Kenya Kwanza pre-election pact, ANC and Ford Kenya would get 30 per cent of the government if Ruto won.
Among the seats promised were that of Prime CS, six CSs positions, the Speaker of the National Assembly and development projects.
