Supporting UHURU is SUICIDE better RAILA - WAMALWA warned by LUHYA elders

The Kenyan DAILY POSTPolitics04:47

Thursday August 30, 2012 - Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta suffered another major political blow on Wednesday, after Luhya elders warned Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Eugene Wamalwa of supporting Uhuru’s bid for presidency in the upcoming general election.

Through Council member Luca Watta, the elders warned Wamalwa that dropping his bid for to be Uhuru's running mate would be a suicidal move.

The elders said Wamalwa who is also the Saboti MP, will be killing his political career if he makes that move.

“We call upon Wamalwa to be like a giraffe that has a long neck and be cautious not to destroy his career he has built for years," Watta said.

The elders said they still believed that Wamalwa was better placed working with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, as opposed to being Uhuru's running mate.

They said if Wamalwa had stuck with Raila he would have inherited his huge voting block, once the Prime Minister exits from politics in 2017.

"Raila is old and will soon be out of politics and Wamalwa stands a better chance of being Raila's running mate, who can ensure he benefits from his solid supporters," the elders said.

The elders called Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta a selfish politician who has never supported any other presidential outside his ethnic fold, but courted other politicians support.

"We are warning Wamalwa that he is dealing with a selfish person who believes it is only himself who can be president. You saw how Musalia Mudavadi sacrificed his presidential ambition, to campaign for him in 2002. Look at what happened to him?" he said

The group cautioned other communities that the Luhya Community will not be used by other communities to ascend them to presidency.

The Kenyan DAILY POST