Ababu blames Uhuru for Wetang'ula trouble

TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2011 00:07 BY REUBEN OLITA AND GILBERT OCHIENG'

TESO JIG: Sospeter Ojaamong (L), Ababu Namwamba and ODM official James Okunyuk (R) join Akisuku Teso dancers in Busia yesterday. Photo/Reuben Olita

A member of Parliament claimed yesterday that Finance Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta was behind a 'well-crafted vendetta campaign' to have re-appointed Foreign
Affairs minister Moses Wetang'ula dropped from the Cabinet. Budalang'i MP Ababu Namwamba alleged Uhuru hid the Auditor- General's report for eight months that had cleared the Sirisia MP's name from the Tokyo Embassy scandal.

He said the conspiracy crafted by members of the G7 alliance was aimed at having Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa replace Wetang'ula at the ministry. “Eugene is behaving like the proverbial hyena. We have told him not to dance on the grave of his rival," he said. Ababu was addressing a bonding meeting of over 200 ODM branch
officials from Amagoro, Nambale, Funyula, Butula and Budalangi constituencies at Teachers Hotel in Busia Town.

He said they had come out with full force to defend Wetangula against people who exhibit hyena tendencies, adding that such leaders had no place in modern Kenya. Wetangula stepped aside in October last year together with his PS, Mwangi Thuita to allow investigations into sh1.75billion Japan Embassy scandal. He left office and blamed his political rivals and the media for forcing him to make the decision.

Ababu also dismissed some media reports that there was a looming crisis over the 80 new constituencies which had already been passed by parliament. According to reports, two groups of MPs have emerged-one pushing to have the delimitation restarted while the other is pushing for the adoption of the Ligale report. Ababu said the 80 constituencies including one from Nambale and Amagoro will remain, adding that any attempts to return the motion to the House will be rejected. Amagoro MP, Sospeter Ojaamong who hosted the historic meeting said come rain or sunshine, Prime Minister, Raila Odinga will be the fourth president of Kenya.

Ojaamong, who will vie for the post of governor in Busia county, said ODM was the dominant party in the region, thus the need to have peaceful elections and not acrimonious ones. Busia mayor, Imelda Obwana dismissed claims by some delegates that single women should not be elected into leadership positions. "To miss a man does not mean a woman has no leadership qualities. This is a pigment of men's imagination," the mayor charged. Ms Obwana also proposed that in the event that a man is elected governor, the position of deputy governor should go to a woman.