Uhuru denies talks with Mudavadi

DPM Kenyatta with Makadara MP Gideon Mbuvi during the launch of the New Ford Kenya offices

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 25 –Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has distanced himself from claims that The National Alliance party (TNA) was in talks with the United Democratic Forum party (UDF) over a joint ticket in the upcoming general elections.

Kenyatta said on Monday that no such talks had been held with his counterpart Musalia Mudavadi.

He described the allegations by Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni and Laikipia West MP Nderitu Mureithi in the Standard on Sunday as blatant lies.

“No such thing exists,” he stated.

The front page article suggested that in the new scheme, Kenyatta would be compelled to be Mudavadi’s running mate while UDP’s William Ruto would be leader of majority in the House.

It said that there was pressure for Kenyatta and Ruto, both of whom are facing charges at the International Criminal Court over crimes against humanity during the 2008 post election violence in Kenya, to support Mudavadi as a presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections.

Kenyatta has asked the two legislators to stop talking on his behalf since they were not in TNA and were not qualified to speak for him.

“They should stop pretending they can. They must stop running with the hare and hunting with the dogs,” he said in a statement sent by his spokesperson Munyori Buku.

“What’s so difficult for them to stick to their UDF?” he posed.

Kenyatta was on Sunday the chief guest at the launch of New Ford Kenya offices whose flag bearer is his close ally Eugene Wamalwa.

He pledged to support any presidential candidate that would unite Kenyans.

On the other hand Mudavadi has promised to reach out to his rivals to ensure the country goes to the next elections united.

Pratt

Its good to hear from the horse’s mouth. After all, brother Mudavadi belongs to same group whose agenda is just to victimize the Kikuyu. He was part and parcel of Odm’s policy of uprooting the Kikuyu. He has never ever renounced those wicked policies that saw Kikuyu’s lose their businesses in Kakamega and other outlaying areas. Needless to say, the IDPs in Uganda originate from Mudavadi’s backyard. It would be suicidal to trust brother Mudavadi who just jumped ship because he was denied space in his former party. It must be noted that he quit Odm not because he disagreed with its policies, but simply because his chances were nearly nil. Am therefore surprised by those who are trying to paint this man as a Kikuyu friend. HE WASNT AND WILL NEVER EVER BE! Odm’s much hyped reform agenda is just a policy to uproot the Kikuyus from their jobs and more. Mudavadi was certainly agreeable to that while he was the number two man in his former party. The vile language of cutting “ever creeping weeds” is very much in Mudavadi’s vocabulary. Its however diisgusting for anyone to start painting him as a friend of his victims. Thats why brother Uhuru’s statement has sent a sigh of relief in the whole Mount Kenya area. We know our friends and no one should seek our votes by playing mischief. Any politician from Central Kenya who wants to become irrelevant need only to try to choose bad friends for us.

jan

Pratt, if at this day and age you let your ‘leaders’ choose friends for you then I really pity you. Your mentality is exactly what is wrong with our nation, where you can’t allow yourself to think on your own but rather have your ‘leaders’ do it for you, and make choices for you. This idea of us vs them, or this region vs that is not only repugnant, but also goes a long way to show that we still have a long way to go before we realize that ultimately we are one country.

Pratt

You are getting the wrong signal pal! I just meant those who purport to be our leaders should not attempt to take the wrong way. If you have read most of my posts, you will realise that we “lead” our leaders not the other way round. But sometimes diplomatic language does escape our attention. You need to consume a whole text to get the big picture. By the way, our so called leaders are prone to too many blunders to be followed blindly. Any way, thanks and I certainly do appreciate your concerns. Be blessed!

Let_The_People_Decide

well said pratt. Its better the devil you know than the angel you don’t know.

Pratt

Thanks pal and be blessed! Sometimes we need to say it the way it is without fear or favor. You dont wait untill its too late then you start crying!

http://twitter.com/johnjasuba john

this pratt is pretty idle. commenting on everything and everything. Your posts are boring.

Pratt

Idleness Mister John has some meaning or many aspects. And saying things that dont serve any purpose is one of them! Why cant you be honest and say that my posts are not favorable to your idol or “hope” for that matter? We are trying to change things brother John! Though still far off, we have made alot of progress. Believe you me, am not about to back off! Did you know that a tribal coup attempt was being paraded as “fight for Kenyans” before we came in the scene? Did you know that people who were not even around were pretending to have “brought multiparty for us?” Did you know fake fellows had falsely claimed “ownership of the new constitution?” Did you know usurpers just joined already moving train and belately started calling other people names? Am sure you dont even know that there was no encounter at all between so called reformers and anti-reformers. What was there was a simple question of amending a READY CONSTITUTION before or after passage! However, some people with traits of folks overwhelmed by drugs, came up with the wild aspect of fight between reformers and anti-reformers! Mister John, that introduction of offside matters is an aspect of idleness! And dont forget to this day, those drunken folks still insist that those who “opposed” the constitution cant implement it! Was there any opposition to the constitution in the first place? You want to mean these conmen dont understand simple things, or they simply feign ignorance?