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Oparanya’s face can’t sell as a presidential candidate- Cleophas Malala.

Opinion by Wepukhulu Masiakholo.

Cleophas Malala has told off Wycliffe Oparanya over his attempt to announce that he is going to run for the presidency. The Kakamega Senator said that he should not be used to divide the Luhya voting basket by being sponsored to declare his presidency interest. This comes in the wake of a pact backed by many people of Luhya Nation between Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula and Hon. Musalia Mudavadi.

The Mudavadi-Wetangula unity of purpose is giving the former prime minister a sack of Headache as he can’t find the right packet of panadol to cure his latest headache in Western politics. The coming together of Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula has actually sealed off the entire block from the former prime minister and the ODM party.

The ODM party has lost big time in Luhya politics and recovery is nearly impossible. The effect this loss carries in the mind of the ODM party leader is also linked as an effect of looking for recovery and he is touted as a Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi sponsor/sympathizer, an actor whose main agenda is to scatter the Mudavadi/Wetangula pact or split the Bungoma votes. Unfortunately, Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi has no clout in Western Kenya politics and he has also received a slash tongue from the KAKAMEGA senator.

Even as Mukhisa Kituyi is jumping on Raila Odinga’s Western Kenya chase board, reports are emerging that there is a simmering rift in the heart of Wycliffe Oparanya suggesting that the outgoing governor is not happy with the ODM party because there are no clear signs of the party leader backing him for the top seat in the forthcoming general election. He believes, his position as a deputy party leader is just a dangled empty carrot signifying nothing big in itself, and in reality, it carries no major decision-making power.

As deputy party leader, Oparanya is calculating for his personal future and he is contemplating what will happen when his term comes to an end in 2022. At the top of the cream de cream, he is not certain if he will have a position whether referendum passes or it does not pass. If the referendum passes, still it will not guarantee him any powerful position. The tray is full for him and possiblyy he might resign from ODM to chart his own political path.

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