ODM leader Raila Odinga has told off Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala to stop playing tribal politics, saying that he [Raila] was “more Luhya” than Malala.
While referring to Malala as Omondi, the ODM leader told the Luhya community to ignore leaders who were out to divide the nation along the tribal lines.
“Tell that Omondi that he is from Ugenya, his grandfather was buried in Ugenya, Siaya County while my grandfather is buried in Matungu, Kakamega, I am a Kenyan and the only Nabongo remaining,” Raila said amid cheers from the crowd.
The remarks by Raila were ignited by Malala’s sentiments of threatening to stop the much hyped Bukhungu Stadium meeting that was graced by the ODM leader.
The senator expressed displeasure with Raila’s faction, claiming that it had planned to use the meeting to bring members of the Luhya community to endorse his candidature.
“If you want to endorse Raila, why don’t you go and do it in Kondele, Siaya or Yala? Kakamega is a no-go-zone,” Malala said.
The remarks by Malala landed him in hot soup and has since been summoned by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC),
