JUBILEE STRATEGY to capture Bungoma seat and why WETANGULA is giving Uhuru’s coalition SLEEPLESS Nights

By J Khaemba

 When Justice Gikonyo of High Court in Bungoma read his ruling that saw him nullify the election of Sen. Moses Wetangula as the Senator of Bungoma County, Jubilee supporters and enthusiasts celebrated without hiding. The petition challenging Mr. Wetangula’s election was filed by Jubilee flower girl, the ageing Musikari Kombo, who was beaten by the former Sirisia MP and had the backing of top Jubilee echelons who sponsored him to the end.

 

The posting of Justice Gikonyo to Bungoma was a well calculated move by the State to try and destabilize a united CORD which after having its Presidential election stolen refused to disintegrate and instead became stronger. It is worth noting that most of the successful election petitions have been in CORD strongholds and the aim is to try to weaken CORD.

 

It is a manifestation of the desperation by the Jubilee administration which apparently seems to have a phobia for a united and strong opposition. It is also clear that some elements in the judiciary have refused to live with the fact that the constitution dictates that the Judiciary must be independent of any other organ, be it be the Executive or the Legislature.

 

They are working at the behest of the system which is desperate to justify the non-existent theory of the ‘tyranny of numbers’ by trying to sneak into other people’s territories.

 

Back to Sen. Moses Wetangula and the Bungoma ruling.  It is now clear that the players and the enemies of the people of Omulembe are hell bent in trying to kill the rising political star of the FORD-Kenya party leader. They are scared of his influence in the Bungoma politics and his unwavering support for the increasingly popular Coalition for the Restoration of Democracy (CORD) which he is a co-principal. Even before the dust settled on the ruling by Justice Gikonyo, and the thousands of supporters of Sen. Wetangula in Bungoma come to terms with the hard hitting news of the nullification of their Senator’s election, the Jubilee charlatans in Bungoma hatched another plot to have him shut out completely so that they can have their way.

 

A night meeting at the Nzoia Guest House that very evening, and which was attended by Kombo, the wobbling Eugene Wamalwa, the corrupt Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka and other local paid up Jubilee officials agreed to have millions of shillings spent on blocking Wetangula from defending his seat in the coming by-election, which Western province, the region which rejected Musalia Mudavadi, then a Jubilee spoiler, has sworn to return to CORD through Wetangula.

 

 

The meeting’s agenda was simple, ‘lock out Wetangula and we have our way’. They simply want Wetangula out of the political scene so that they can pay off the 75% of the members of the county assembly who wholeheartedly support him; then begin a looting spree of the resources of Bungoma County.

 

During the meeting,  Mr. Lusaka complained that Sen. Wetangula has a lot of influence among the Members of the County Assembly of Bungoma and that, this was making it impossible for him to work – read engage in what the other coalition is known for – plunder!

 

For fear of Hon Wetangula, Lusaka, the county governor, is said to have urged the other jubilee moles in the various shades of parties they belong in; especially the New Ford-Kenya and former donkey, UDF, to convince statehouse that blocking Wetangula completely would serve the wider jubilee interest in the county, and by extension, the whole Luhya region.

 

It was therefore agreed that, among other things,  money be sought from State House, and that Amb. Yvonne Khamati, widely quoted as having piled pressure on IEBC to release unverified results of the last election, with her close links to statehouse, would spearhead this end. Khamati was also tasked with identifying and coordinating the logistics of another court case to have Hon Wetangula be barred from contesting future elections, including this byelection, due to vote bribery.

 

Sadly, just before Justice Gikonyo ruled, in a judgement which sounded more of a political press conference of the rival coalition, that Hon Wetangula had engaged in electoral malpractices and anulled his election, he had been spotted in several joints in Nairobi with Ambassador Khamati. This writer came to the conclusion that again, the Jubilee-Judiciary marriage of convenience had peed and poopooed on the rule of Law, just like the Supreme Court a few months ago.

A leaked strategy of the jubilee alliance dubbed #RIPWetangula (notice the use of the hashtag) has the following players:

 

Ambassador Khamati, the mission head, will be in charge of the millions to be poured in Western Kenya. Blogger Steve Biko aka @SokoAnalyst on twitter will spearhead the war on social media and has a budget set aside for him to execute the mandate. Ms. Khamati will also be the link between the alliance and the the media (another organ of the Jubilee propaganda machine)  and will ensure that every event, as it unfolds, receives the legendary ‘jubilee spin’.

 

The meeting point with journalists and editors will be a nyama choma den popularly known as ‘Teremesha Kijiji’ along Dennis Prit Road in Kilimani area just before the exclusive Palacina Interiors.

 

Messrs Kombo, Eugene and Lusaka and also former Kanduyi MP Alfred Khangati have a phobia for Mr. Wetangula’s progressive style of politics. That Hon Wetangula chose to work with CORD under Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, and sweeped Western Kenya, despite the Jubilee facade in the formation of UDF, a then known statehouse project, has provided the three with another opportunity to reinvent themselves politically, and for job seekers like Eugene Wamalwa, retract his path back to state power with possible appointment and recycle somewhere in the bureaucracy.

 

This group of politicians is aware of the fact that Mr. Wetangula’s support has grown in Bungoma and that they cannot penetrate it with outsiders when he is still actively involved in politics. Coupled with the enormous support the ODM Leader and CORD Co-Principal Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga enjoys in the region, and the cordial relationship he has with Mr. Wetangula, the Kombo-Lusaka-Wamalwa axis and their henchmen know the die is cast and that they can only survive in politics by using unorthodox means to eclipse Mr. Wetangula from politics.

 

Mr. Lusaka on the other hand has his creditors in government, including former head of public service Francis Kimemia, who together with others raised millions of shillings from public coffers, and gave him to buy the Bungoma gubernatorial seat; these characters now want their money back and he can only raise it by hoodwinking county representatives to pass unreasonable budgetary allocations on amorphous projects.

 

He believes Mr. Wetangula who commands respect in the County Assembly would not have him have his way.

 

They have been planning to invite President Uhuru Kenyatta to Western but it has been difficult because they know the ground is not prepared to receive him. Western is basically a CORD zone and they feel Wetangula’s presence in the political scene is an impediment to their plans.

 

They have forgotten that Mr. Kenyatta referred to one of their own, Mr. Musalia Mudavadi as a devil. A visit to State House last week by the NFK & UDF top officials was a clear indicator that they are not for the interest of the people of Western but their own selfish interests. They want to mortgage Western to outsiders who have no regard for the welfare of the people of Mulembe.

 

To add insult to the injury, recent pronouncement by Kakamega Senator Dr. Bonny Khalwale, that he will, without fear of intimidation, rally behind Mr. Wetangula’s re-election to Senate, caught the Jubilee crybabies off-guard.

 

Sen. Khalwale was categorical in his announcement that the only politician today in Western whom the people of the Luhya community can rely on for the future is none other than Sen. Moses Wetangula.

 

Indeed, that is a fact. Dr. Khalwale spoke for the rest of the Luhya community and whoever goes against his declaration is an enemy of the people of Omulembe.

 

Kakamega Governor Mr. Wycliffe Oparanya followed suit and stated that he will spend his fortune to ensure Sen. Wetangula is re-elected in the by-election. The people of Omulembe are always peaceful people, but this should not be mistaken for a weakness.

 

This is the time the Luhya people separated the wheat from the chuff and realized who their enemies from within are.

 

Mr. Wetangula today is the darling of the people of Bungoma County who want their interests protected, rather than sold to an alliance which is cannot do even the simple of government roles – secure citizens against opportunistic anarchists.

 

The political torture that Hon Wetangula is being subjected to has expanded, and consolidated  his support base in Western region and among cord supporters countrywide who are increasingly getting frustrated with this new jubilee democracy based on exclusion and arrogance and judicial thuggery.

 

When the right time comes;  the Luhya people will unite and send a chilling statement to their enemies that: Western is not for sale.