COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has slammed Kakamega senator Cleophas Malala for announcing the postponement of the Bukhungu stadium meeting.
The meeting is scheduled for December 31, whereby Atwoli will announce the 2022 presidential candidate that the Luhyia community will back.
Through a tweet, Atwoli told off Malala saying that he has no capacity to postpone or organize such a meeting.
“You are a junior Senator who has neither the capacity to speak on behalf of the Luhya community nor the ability to call on and off such a meeting,” Atwoli said.
He confirmed that the meeting will continue as planned and leaders as well as locals from the 5 counties from the Western region are expected to attend.
“The Bukhungu II meeting brings together ALL progressive leaders and locals from the 5 counties in the region,” Atwoli stated.
Malala had earlier on said that the meeting would not take place because some key politicians from the region had not been consulted.
“Kakamega is my bedroom. I want to tell them that unless they get a permit from Musalia, let them not step to Kakamega on December 31…I want to officially say that there will be no meeting at Bukhungu stadium on the 31,” Malala said.
According to him, Atwoli and the organizers of the meeting were planning to endorse ODM leader Raila Odinga ‘s presidential candidature.
“We have no problem, but even if you want to declare that Raila is enough, why don’t you go and endorse him in Kondele, or in Siaya or Yala, we have said that Kakamega is a no-go zone,” Malala further said.
You are a junior Senator who has neither the capacity to speak on behalf of the Luhya community nor the ability to call on and off such a meeting. The Bukhungu II meeting brings together ALL progressive leaders and locals from the 5 counties in the region. https://t.co/WoH3i9IeLO
— Francis Atwoli NOM (DZA), CBS, EBS, MBS. (@AtwoliDza) December 26, 2021
In a previous interview with Citizen TV, Atwoli said that they will name the person that the Luhyia community will support in the 2022 general elections among those who have declared interest in the position.
“I have already said that on 31st, the Luhya community will emerge at Bukhungu stadium to determine and to listen to Luhya leaders and plan a sense of direction as to who should lead us among the people who have declared their candidacy,” Atwoli said.
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