{"id":14309,"date":"2020-09-13T17:39:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T17:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=14309"},"modified":"2020-09-13T17:39:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T17:39:45","slug":"mudavadi-atwoli-unite-and-vow-to-work-together-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/mudavadi-atwoli-unite-and-vow-to-work-together-again","title":{"rendered":"Mudavadi, Atwoli unite and vow to work together again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Eric Lungai\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi and Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli have ended their differences and vowed to work together for Luhya unity.<\/p>\n<p>This comes barely three months after\u00a0Atwoli hosted some leaders from the region\u00a0at his Kajiado home led by Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa, who he installed as the region\u2019s spokespersons.<\/p>\n<p>But in their first public meeting at Kima in Vihiga County, Atwoli, perhaps fearing backlash from Musalia\u2019s loyalists, downplayed the\u00a0Kajiado declaration.\u00a0He said since installing Mudavadi as the region\u2019s spokesman in December 2016 during the Bukhungu Declaration, no one else has been given the mantle as the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>He said the faction that met at his Kajiado home was only tasked with reviving the economy of the region, and it should not be confused with the role given to Mudavadi earlier on.\u00a0\u201cWe gave Mudavadi the mantle to lead the Luhya nation in 2016, and up to now, we have not selected anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>At my home in Kajiado, we had a strategy meeting. What we need to do for him is panel-beating so he can take over the role effectively,\u201d Atwoli said.\u00a0Atwoli spoke during the requiem mass for pioneer Church of God bishop Byrum Makhokha, who died last month, at the church\u2019s headquarters at Kima in Vihiga County.<\/p>\n<p>Mudavadi accepted the mandate bestowed upon him by Atwoli and urged the locals not to allow him to walk alone as he seeks a second attempt at the presidency in 2022, after his failed bid in 2013.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the meeting at Atwoli\u2019s home on May 29, the faction led by Oparanya and Wamalwa held a series of meetings in the region, urging locals to support them as they vowed to support the government and its development agenda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Party wrangles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were also internal party wrangles in Wetang\u2019ula\u2019s Ford Kenya where he was ousted as party leader, but reinstated later on, and in Mudavadi\u2019s ANC. The party wars were blamed on Atwoli.<\/p>\n<p>Mudavadi also joined the bandwagon with his team and started holding a series of parallel meetings in the region to popularise his party and candidature for the presidency.\u00a0But most of his meetings were disrupted by police lobbing tear-gas at them and accusing them of contravening Covid-19 laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no problem with Atwoli. Let us not walk alone. Do not also allow me to walk alone in this journey that I am undertaking,\u201d Mudavadi said.<\/p>\n<p>He presented himself as a safe pair of hands which will salvage the crumbling economy, noting that many Kenyans were suffering and the debts the country had accrued were not doing any better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president should arrest these people engaged in corruption, especially those who have looted Covid-19 funds,\u201d Mudavadi said.\u00a0Atwoli challenged Mudavadi to be welcoming and start by inviting him to his home for a cup of tea and thanking him for the role he played in ensuring he got the role.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uhuru eulogy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other local leaders said it was a good gesture for the two accepting to walk together and help shape the destiny of the populous region.\u00a0President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga eulogised the late man of God in messages delivered through Oparanya.\u00a0\u201cWith the passing on of the bishop, we will always cherish his many accomplishments in church and community development.<\/p>\n<p>He was a true man of God who dedicated his life to serving mankind and God,\u201d read the President\u2019s eulogy in part.\u00a0Oparanya said he was saddened by the bishop&#8217;s death, especially after having visited him in July and talked about many issues that surrounded the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have visited him five times since being hospitalised, and at some occasion, he seemed to have healed. I saw him a day to his death,\u201d said Oparanya.<\/p>\n<p>Atwoli, who also delivered condolences from Kanu chairman Gideon Moi, said everyone should learn from Makokha\u2019s humility.\u00a0Grace Hoka, the widow, remembered with nostalgia, how the bishop married her and how they have lived together peacefully while leading the church.\u00a0Roseline Kagonya, his daughter, noted her father taught them by example on how to be Christians through his kindness, wisdom and compassion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so glad he taught us first to love God, family and friends. Papa be rest assured that what you imparted in me will never be forgotten and was never be in vain,\u201d Kagonya said.<\/p>\n<p>Locals outwitted police and Covid-19 regulations to flock the funeral in their hundreds to bid farewell to a man who has led the church for about 53 years.\u00a0The late church head was a career teacher before he went to train in theology in the USA and committed himself to church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Eric Lungai\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi and Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli have ended their differences and vowed to work together for Luhya unity. 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