Mudavadi Calls Out Raila Over Reckless Remarks

Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi addresses Muslim faithful during Iftar in Mombasa on Sunday, April 17, 2023.
Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi addresses Muslim faithful during Iftar in Mombasa on Sunday, April 16, 2023.
Photo: Mudavadi/Office of the Prime CS

Prime Cabinet Secretary (CS) Musalia Mudavadi on Monday, April 17, called out Azimo Leader Raila Odinga over calls of secession by a section of Azimio leaders during a rally at Kamukunji rally.

Speaking during a joint presser with Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Sheriff, Mudavadi termed the remarks as reckless given the unrest in Sudan.

He maintained that Kenya cannot have two concurrent governments and called on the public not to disregard the narrative. 

Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi joins Muslim faithful for Iftar in Mombasa on Sunday, April 17, 2023.
Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi joins Muslim faithful for Iftar in Mombasa on Sunday, April 16, 2023.
Photo: Office of the Prime CS

"Why make such reckless statements when you can clearly see that there is conflict in Sudan which has already flared?" Mudavadi posed.

The Prime CS reckoned that he expected former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to take more responsibility over remarks made by himself and those around him.

"As an adult who has a family and had an opportunity to be in a very high office and you want to cheat Kenyans. These are the kinds of things that we ask our people to move away from," he stated.

During the Kamukunji rally, Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino hinted that Odinga should consider a coup or running a parallel government and lead his followers to self-rule. 

"If George Washington did it in America, Napoleon did it in France, Stalin in Russia, Tunisians did it in Tunisia and Sudanese are doing it Sudan, Baba you can do it in Kenya," Owino stated.

Mudavadi further condemned Odinga for playing saint and criticising the government for delaying salaries for civil servants yet he was part of the signatories to the commitments

"Some of the people shouting very loudly in the streets are part and parcel of the signatures in the commitments I am talking about," he disclosed.

The Prime CS indicated that in one of the financial commitments, Kenya is required to pay Ksh40 billion every January and deposit the same amount in July.

He called on all leaders to turn away from politics and afford the Kenya Kwanza government time to deliver on its promises.

Azimio chief Raila Odinga, Martha Karua and Eugene Wamalwa arrive for a service at at St. Stephen's ACK Church on Sunday, April 16, 2023.
Azimio chief Raila Odinga, Martha Karua, and Eugene Wamalwa arrive for a service at St. Stephen's ACK Church on Sunday, April 16, 2023.
Photo/ Raila Odinga