{"id":23779,"date":"2021-03-07T21:52:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T21:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=23779"},"modified":"2021-03-07T21:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T21:52:38","slug":"uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru, Raila political marriage over, claims Kang\u2019ata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The political marriage between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga is over, Murang\u2019a Senator Irungu Kang\u2019ata has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Kanga&#8217;ta on Sunday said leaders from Mt Kenya region allied to Deputy President William Ruto have been vindicated after being vilified for questioning the political marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe warned President Uhuru\u00a0not to enter any political partnership with Raila but he refused and the government started fighting us. Now he can see for himself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kang\u2019ata said as an experienced politician, he knows once mistrust enters a political relationship, it cannot be repaired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we dared followed handshake and fought Ruto, we would now be isolated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The senator said it is only Ruto who has stood with President Uhuru since 2022 and can be trusted, unlike Raila who can walk out on you any time.<\/p>\n<p>The Senator, however, told President Uhuru to join them in backing DP Ruto, adding that he still their leader and they respect him.<\/p>\n<p>Kang\u2019ata&#8217;s remarks come only a day after Senate Minority Leader James Orengo accused President Uhuru lieutenants at Harambee House of trying to derail ODM leader Raila Odinga\u2019s presidential journey.<\/p>\n<p>Orengo together with other Raila allies warned of a scheme by some individuals in the Office of the President to block Uhuru\u2019s Handshake partner from ascending to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to warn some top civil servants paid by taxpayers\u2019 money to stop meddling in the country\u2019s political leadership,\u201d he said in Ugenya, Siaya County yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement lends credence to Raila\u2019s elder brother Oburu Oginga\u2019s assertion that the ODM boss could still work with Deputy President William Ruto in next year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>Orengo said the plans by Harambee House \u201cprefects\u201d were reminiscent of President Mwai Kibaki\u2019s sunset days in office when his handlers backed ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi for the presidency to the chagrin of Uhuru and Ruto but still lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: The political marriage between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga is over, Murang\u2019a Senator Irungu Kang\u2019ata has claimed. Kanga&#8217;ta on Sunday said leaders from Mt Kenya region allied to Deputy President William Ruto have been vindicated after being vilified for questioning the political marriage. \u201cWe warned President Uhuru\u00a0not to enter any political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10],"tags":[792,362,242],"class_list":["post-23779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-handshake","tag-president-uhuru-kenyatta","tag-raila-odinga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uhuru, Raila political marriage over, claims Kang\u2019ata - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The political marriage between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga is over, Murang\u2019a Senator Irungu Kang\u2019ata\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uhuru, Raila political marriage over, claims Kang\u2019ata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The political marriage between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga is over, Murang\u2019a Senator Irungu Kang\u2019ata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-07T21:52:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/uhuru_raila_politic6044c9551b4ff.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uhuru, Raila political marriage over, claims Kang\u2019ata\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-07T21:52:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata\"},\"wordCount\":332,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/uhuru_raila_politic6044c9551b4ff.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Handshake\",\"President Uhuru Kenyatta\",\"Raila Odinga\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/uhuru-raila-political-marriage-over-claims-kangata\",\"name\":\"Uhuru, Raila political marriage over, claims Kang\u2019ata - 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