Mudavadi wants ethnic unrest halted

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Mudavadi warned that the ethnic clashes could give opportunity for those against devolution/CFM

NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 11 – Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi on Tuesday cautioned that the inter-ethnic clashes being experienced in parts of the country were a bad precedent for the implementation of devolution under the Constitution.

Mudavadi warned that the ethnic clashes could give opportunity for those against devolution to scare Kenyans that the fight is as a result of the new system of government which Kenyans have pegged their hopes on.

He said the security apparatus must act immediately to restore peace, law and order.

“We cannot accept a community being dislocated for the political interest of a person. Parallel negotiations with the warring communities must also be created to end the hostilities through the participation of the locals,” he added.

He was speaking at the UDF Party headquarters when he received immediate former Nairobi Town Clerk Roba Duba, former National Bank of Kenya Managing Director Reuben Marambii and former North Eastern Provincial Commission Maurice Makhanu to the party.

Duba intends to vie for the Marsabit governor’s post; Marambii is going for the Meru County governor seat while Makhanu who decamped from New Ford Kenya will be vying for the Bungoma governor’s seat.

Mudavadi said UDF is attracting the calibre of leaders who can bring a difference in public service to Kenyans.

The DPM also urged education stakeholders to urgently agree to a deal and end the stalemate that has put the education sector in crisis.

He said the stalemate has crippled the education sector denying Kenyan children the right to education and created uncertainty during the crucial period when candidates prepare for national examinations.

“Teachers, lecturers and any employee have a right to demand for better pay but I want to appeal to all to agree on a solution to the crisis urgently. Please stop holding extreme positions and adopt patriotism to find a solution,” he reiterated.

“It is not children who have committed crime for not paying teachers well; so let us all talk to allow our children pursue education,” he stressed.

LABAN WANAMBISI

LABAN WANAMBISI

Laban Wanambisi is a Parliamentary and Political reporter. He joined the Capital Newsteam in 2005. Since then, he has reported on many of the major news events over the years including his first major assignment covering the 2005 National Referendum on the Draft Constitution, and several other subsequent key national and international events.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kwessi-Pratt/100000996986819 Kwessi Pratt

    Brother Hon. Mudavadi is more and more sounding like a confused person. Thats simply because the language which he borrowed from his comrades at Odm is the one he is parading through and through. You then start wondering why in the first place he left the party when he shares the same same divisive ideology with them. Leaders are supposed to give ideas and solutions to our problems. But not mere blame game thats only meant to cast aspersions on others. This blame syndrone is the hallmark of Odm, thats never known to offer any single shred of solution to our problems. Mudavadi is clearly showing that despite all the pretences to the contrary, he is still indeed Odm damu!
    However, brother Mudavadi has been parading himself as a later day moderate Kikuyu savior. But if he hasnt changed abit as events have shown, what are we supposed to read from his script? We know brother Mudavadi was among the merchants of deceit that called Kikuyus vile pumpkin weeds. That needed to be uprooted and taken back to their central region. What actually transpired in Kakamega during post election violence is testimony to that. In Kakamega town, Kikuyus were thrown out of their businesses and their places taken over by PEV lords. Kikuyu families in Sabatia, Mudavadi’s constituency, were the first to be uprooted. Infact, Kikuyus living as refugees on the Ugandan side of the border are basically from Mudavadi’s area.
    Its noteworthy that Mudavadi has never attempted to explain himself over these serious matters. But has continued to conduct himself as though nothing happened. If anything, his language has remained pretty wanting and unacceptable. Its hypocrisy of the highest order! He has overtime now kept on blaming the Kikuyus for “only voting for their own,” as if it were a crime to do so. This is a known divisive Odm line meant to criminalize the right of choice. By the way, why is it that only those who sing in Mudavadi’s rallies are his village boys if its criminal to support your folks? Hon. Mudavadi should desist from assaulting rights of others if he expects to be taken seriously. He should to stop empty blames and attempt to offer solutions to our problems. However, its too late and perhaps too hard to teach an old dog new tricks, which means the guy is a non-starter!