Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - The Party of National Unity (PNU) Leader Peter Munya has spilled the beans on how ODM Leader Raila Odinga betrayed Azimio and joined President William Ruto’s government.
Speaking during an interview, Munya revealed significant
discord within Azimio after Raila’s betrayal.
According to Munya, Raila went against Azimio's agreement
after he went to bed with Ruto, who is considered as the enemy by the
Opposition.
Munya described the contentious issue as the "donation
of members of ODM into the Kenya Kwanza government," highlighting
that this decision was made without the consensus of the coalition.
He emphasized that there had been discussions among the
Azimio leadership, where it was unanimously agreed that joining the
government was not the best course of action.
"The key event that has made us quite uncomfortable is
the one we are calling donation of members ODM into the Kenya Kwanza
government.”
"There had been discussions and we had been told by our leader in Azimio that he had been approached and there had been discussions to join the government.
"We had discussed and agreed that it was not right to join
the government because the issues we had been pushing during demonstrations led
by our leader and the ones led by Gen Z had not been resolved," Munya
stated.
Munya elaborated on Azimio's stance, noting that any
collaboration with Ruto’s government should be legally established, akin to the
accord made with former President Mwai Kibaki.
"We reached a point whereby there was an agreement that
if at any point it became necessary for the opposition to join the government
then it had to be a government that is established by law like the one we
joined at some point with Kibaki where there was an accord that clearly spelt
out what that government was going to do," Munya explained.
He stressed that without such a framework, joining the
government would merely serve as a lifeline for the current administration,
which is under considerable pressure.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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