Gumo affirmed they had resolved to have Oparanya and Wamalwa assume the region’s leadership mantle after Mudavadi and Wetang’ula “refused to play ball”. “We want Oparanya and Wamalwa to be at the negotiating table and to work with President Uhuru Kenyatta,” he said. Mudavadi, however, dismissed claims the meetings Oparanya and Wamalwa are holding in Western could be giving him sleepless nights. Political analyst Joseph Mutua said the meetings held by Oparanya and Wamalwa are making Mudavadi and Wetang’ula extremely uncomfortable. “Oparanya and Wamalwa’s collaborators are a mob from the discredited Luhya Elders Forum styling itself as a lobby group.

Source: The Star June 21, 2020 02:15 UTC