Azimio la Umoja star, Ali Roba, of the United Democratic Movement( UDM) party, has blurted letters revealing the reason for jilting the Raila Odinga- led outfit for chairman- elect William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza.
Through a series of letters, Roba exposed how his party was sidelined in critical meetings and in making opinions on the coalition’s operations.
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“ The party raises enterprises that it isn’t being engaged in critical meetings and opinions which bear impact on the coalition. The party is yet to formally admit a dupe of the coalition agreement documents inked by all parties to the coalition. ”
Following the enterprises, UDM further wrote another letter to the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties led by Anne Nderitu.
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On April 29, Nderitu directed Azimio to furnish UDM with a dupe of the coalition agreement and other applicable documents.
Still, according to Roba, Azimio didn’t recognize the directives from the Registrar of Political Parties which informed the party’s decision to join Kenya Kwanza.
“ Long standing undetermined issues plus gate keepers feeling hovered by the presence of mates which divulged over into choices. You ca n’t force people into fidelity. The engagement was replaced with casket- thumping, ” Roba’s statement dated Thursday, August 18, read.
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Following the fallout, Roba led a delegation of UDM politicians who were tagged under his party to join Kenya Kwanza under chairman- elect, William Ruto.
The gregarious Mandera governor and his contingent were ate by Ruto at his sanctioned hearthstone in Karen.
“ We laud the United Democratic Movement( UDM) leadership for abandoning Azimio La Umoja and joining Kenya Kwanza, ” Ruto stated.
UDM settled a aggregate of 45 seats in the just- concluded General Election. Among them are Mandera gubernatorial seat which went to Mohamed Adan and Wajir’s that was won by Khalif Mohamud Ali.
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Roba won the Mandera County senatorial seat on the party ticket while Abass Sheikh Mohammed bagged the seat in Wajir County under the same party.
With the seven UDM MPs, GDDP’s Caleb Mule( Kangundo) and the 10 independent campaigners joining Ruto’s camp, the alliance’s representation now sums up to 180 in the National Assembly. This accounts for further than half of the 337 seats available.
