Raila Odinga on the Turkana Cultural Competition. PHOTO: COURTESY
Azimio chief Raila Odinga has termed as ‘backward’ the ugly confrontations that marred his latest go to to Turkana County.
The opposition chief was on October 13, 2023, denied a chance to handle a political gathering when he graced the Turkana Tourism and Cultural Competition in Lodwar after violence erupted following heated speeches through which some native leaders accusing the previous Prime Minister of abandoning them.
The scenario received out of hand when Members of the County Meeting (MCAs) got the chance to handle the gang.
When MCA Ruth Kuya from Lodwar City took to the stage, she accused Mr Odinga of abandoning the area regardless of receiving sturdy assist in the course of the 2022 presidential elections.
Ms Kuya launched a verbal assault on Odinga, accusing him of favoring different areas and neglecting Turkana County throughout appointments to the Nationwide Meeting and Senate.
“Raila, I respect you as our father…This can be a private assertion; I’ve been requesting to fulfill you in particular person to inform you this stuff as a substitute of whispering behind one another’s backs. I wish to inform you that we Turkana beloved you want Jesus, and also you despised us just like the satan,” she mentioned.
The Ward Consultant complained that ODM ignored the local people regardless of receiving important assist in elections, together with the 2022 normal election.
She additional alleged that Odinga was distributing positions, particularly nominations, to different communities within the nation and neglecting Turkana.
“Some ODM leaders in Turkana have supported you for a very long time, however you don’t think about them in occasion nominations to symbolize it in assemblies,” she complained.
Showing daring in her verbal confrontation with Raila Odinga, she pointed an accusatory finger at him, saying that the opposition chief prioritizes his private pursuits, together with appointing his daughter as one of many members of the East African Legislative Meeting (EALA).
Winnie Odinga, the daughter of the ODM chief, is among the many lawmakers representing Kenya within the EALA.
The UDA occasion MCA complained in regards to the youth from the Turkana neighborhood persevering with to wrestle attributable to unemployment.
“We love Ruto as a result of he gave Ekwe Ethuro a job. Has your workplace ever appointed us? Not a single Turkana has ever acquired a parliamentary or senatorial nomination. ODM has by no means uplifted the Turkana neighborhood. I’m not afraid; I solely worry God and electrical energy,” Ruth erupted.
Odinga’s go to to the area got here a day after President William Ruto joined the local people to take part within the festivals.
Mr Odinga blames President Ruto for what occurred in Turkana, saying that he has lengthy had important assist from the neighborhood.
He was accompanied by different leaders from Azimio la Umoja, together with former Protection Minister Eugene Wamalwa, his operating mate within the run-up to the 2022 normal elections, Ms Martha Karua, and former Murang’a Governor Mwangi Wa Iria.
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