Jammu Africa
JF-Expert Member
- Jan 3, 2010
- 530
- 59
Something is 'cooking up' inside ODM.
I said it,,,at Mashada many times,,,that Raila would
never win the 2013 presidential elections.
I said it here,,that,,Raila Odinga will be defeated in
2017-18 presidential election,,like an amateur.
But this,,,of Kidero wanting to topple Raila Odinga
from inside the ODM,,is like,,that sunset music to
me.
ODM members is the Link.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta in the office of Governor Evans Kidero of Nairobi,,last week.
'Events surrounding the recent trip to the United States by six Cord governors and the just concluded by- election in Siaya
have exposed the uneasiness between some allies of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero.
Dr Kidero did not accompany Mr Odinga in the first trip to Texas in July and is also missing from the current on to Washington
DC, in addition to being conspicuously absent from the ODM campaign for Siaya governor.The former premier's allies now accuse
the Nairobi governor of engaging in premature succession politics in the party and by extension in the Luo Nyanza region when Mr Odinga, the de facto supremo of the party and region, is yet to hang up his boots."Politics is like a marathon; it is not a sprint to call for premature succession games. The problem we have is an identity crisis whereby we have people who simply found the party as a convenient vehicle to ascend to their current elective positions," Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi says of the governor.
And the fact that Dr Kidero has demonstrated his willingness to work closely with President Uhuru Kenyatta––who
defeated Mr Odinga in the race for the presidency–– is what has angered them the most.
Dr Kidero's trip to China with President Kenyatta in August is among acts some ODM leaders are citing as proof
that he is not "Corded" enough.
But for the governor, the fact that he was elected on a Cord ticket does not make him a perpetual opponent of
the government, and he is unapologetic.
"Prudent politics is that which gives the people economic muscle. I yearn for the day when our people – and when I say
our people I mean Kenyans in the broader sense – will be economically empowered rather than endless politics; and this is very possible. There is no way I can avoid working with the President as the city governor," Dr Kidero says.
"We have seen his public dalliance with our political rivals. First and foremost, his allegiance must be to the party even as he works with leaders from the other side, but his public posture has been short of this, I have never seen him in our party caucuses," Mr Tom Kajwang, the Ruaraka MP, said.
ODM members
I said it,,,at Mashada many times,,,that Raila would
never win the 2013 presidential elections.
I said it here,,that,,Raila Odinga will be defeated in
2017-18 presidential election,,like an amateur.
But this,,,of Kidero wanting to topple Raila Odinga
from inside the ODM,,is like,,that sunset music to
me.
ODM members is the Link.
...........................................................................................................................................
President Uhuru Kenyatta in the office of Governor Evans Kidero of Nairobi,,last week.
'Events surrounding the recent trip to the United States by six Cord governors and the just concluded by- election in Siaya
have exposed the uneasiness between some allies of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero.
Dr Kidero did not accompany Mr Odinga in the first trip to Texas in July and is also missing from the current on to Washington
DC, in addition to being conspicuously absent from the ODM campaign for Siaya governor.The former premier's allies now accuse
the Nairobi governor of engaging in premature succession politics in the party and by extension in the Luo Nyanza region when Mr Odinga, the de facto supremo of the party and region, is yet to hang up his boots."Politics is like a marathon; it is not a sprint to call for premature succession games. The problem we have is an identity crisis whereby we have people who simply found the party as a convenient vehicle to ascend to their current elective positions," Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi says of the governor.
And the fact that Dr Kidero has demonstrated his willingness to work closely with President Uhuru Kenyatta––who
defeated Mr Odinga in the race for the presidency–– is what has angered them the most.
Dr Kidero's trip to China with President Kenyatta in August is among acts some ODM leaders are citing as proof
that he is not "Corded" enough.
But for the governor, the fact that he was elected on a Cord ticket does not make him a perpetual opponent of
the government, and he is unapologetic.
"Prudent politics is that which gives the people economic muscle. I yearn for the day when our people – and when I say
our people I mean Kenyans in the broader sense – will be economically empowered rather than endless politics; and this is very possible. There is no way I can avoid working with the President as the city governor," Dr Kidero says.
"We have seen his public dalliance with our political rivals. First and foremost, his allegiance must be to the party even as he works with leaders from the other side, but his public posture has been short of this, I have never seen him in our party caucuses," Mr Tom Kajwang, the Ruaraka MP, said.
ODM members