National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula was accompanied by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi on Saturday, December 3 to Bungoma where they ganged against the United Democratic Alliance(UDA).
While campaigning ahead of by-elections scheduled for Thursday, December 8, the two vowed not to allow UDA to clinch the Bungoma Senatorial seat.
Mudavadi and Wetangula drummed up support for Ford Kenya candidate Wafula Wakoli who is set for a face-off with UDA candidate Mwambu Mabonga.
“We as the constituent parties agreed that we would not field any candidates in Garissa, Marakwet and Murang’a and we thought that in Bungoma, nobody else would field a candidate because since Wetangula is from Ford Kenya, we would return the seat to his party, ” Mudavadi stated.
The Prime Cabinet Secretary added that together with Wetangula, their mission was to unite the Western people.
“Wetangula and I have decided to work together and unite the people of Western so that we have one voice. We do not want jokes this time around.
This seat belongs to Ford Kenya and it will remain as such. When we begin this push and pull and start insulting one another, we will only limit the development of our country,” he added.
Wetangula acknowledged Mudavadi’s support for joining him in pushing to have the Ford party candidate succeed him in the Senate.
“The Ford Kenya brigade will pitch camp here in Bungoma to campaign for our own Wafula Wakoli to ensure that he emerges the winner,” he uttered.
The area has 9 constituencies with a total of 646,598 registered voters. In the August general elections, the Ford Kenya boss, Wetangula, garnered 286,143 votes.
DAP-K boss Wafula Wamunyinyi, wanted to oust Wetang’ula in chaotic Ford Kenya leadership wrangles ahead of August 2022 polls. Wamunyinyi who lost his Kanduyi parliamentary seat is also seeking to replace Wetangula.
The seat later fell vacant after Wetangula resigned to vie for the position of the National Assembly speaker.
Former Bumula MP Mwambu Mabonga will fly the UDA flag while Wamunyinyi is the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya candidate.
Ford Kenya’s dominance in Bungoma is evident as in the August general elections it swept most of the elective seats.
Together with Wetangula, other MPs from the party who won are; John Makali in Kanduyi constituency who garnered 32,099 votes, Martin Wanyonyi in Webuye East, with 12,864 votes, Majimbo Kalasinga in Kabuchai with 37,627 votes, and Murumba Chikati in Tongaren with 20,689 votes.
Source: kENYANS.CO.KE