STORY By MUSYOKA NGUI
Coming swiftly after a meeting with three Opposition party leaders, Dr Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka's media appearance made a big talk on prime time. Musyoka, DAP-K's Eugene Wamalwa and 'truthful man' Rigathi Gachagua denied media a press conference saying it was not time to make a big announcement.
L-R: Wiper party boss Kalonzo Musyoka holds a private meeting with DAP-K counterpart Eugene Wamalwa and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Nairobi on Wednesday.
It is worth noting that the trio have a common political enemy in President Dr William Ruto and they are all wooing Raila Odinga who failed in winning the coveted Africa Union Commission chairman seat.
Despite being left on their own after a "handshake" with Dr Ruto, Musyoka enumerated wins they achieved when Raila went away. They include stopping the Adani deal. He said the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport lease was a flawed deal which could have made Kenya lose a major strategic asset. Later, they were vindicated after the US flagged Adani for dubious businesses.
The constitutional lawyer gave his take on a wide array of legal issues, sometimes sounding intimidating to the reporter. While congratulating Azimio for briefly occupying the Majority seats in the National Assembly after a court ruling, he blamed Speaker Moses Wetang'ula for failing to implement the ruling. "I congratulated Azimio for taking up positions in the National Assembly. Weta failed to accept the facts of court ruling", he told KTN News on Wednesday night.
While dismissing that his gentleman personality might be his undoing in competitive politics, the tenth vice president quipped, "I am a diplomat but I can roll my sleeves to get our country back on its feet".
Having served as a foreign minister, Kalonzo severally pointed out major diplomatic gaffes on the international stage by the President Ruto administration. Unless it was done in consultation with other warring factions in the Sudan conflict, Nairobi risks isolation by the international community due to interfering with internal matters of a neighbor. He said this after it became known that Nairobi had hosted RSF faction at KICC.
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