{"id":12366,"date":"2022-01-22T17:53:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T17:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=12366"},"modified":"2022-01-22T17:57:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T17:57:08","slug":"savula-ditches-anc-for-dap-k-ahead-of-mudavadis-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=12366","title":{"rendered":"Savula ditches ANC for DAP-K ahead of Mudavadi&#8217;s earthquake."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lugari MP Ayub Savula has officially joined Democratic Action Party &#8211; Kenya(DAP-K).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Savula was received in his new party on Saturday by Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and DAP-K party leader Wafula Wamunyinyi&nbsp; in Nairobi.<br>The Lugari Mp was named the DAP-K deputy party leader, a position he also held in his former party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/unnamed.jpg 750w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/unnamed-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Ayub Savula received at Chui hse upon joining DAP-K.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lugari MP Ayub Savula has officially joined Democratic Action Party &#8211; Kenya(DAP-K).<br>Savula was received in his new party on Saturday by Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and DAP-K party leader Wafula Wamunyinyi&nbsp; in Nairobi.<br>The Lugari Mp was named the DAP-K deputy party leader, a position he also held in his former party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>I am announcing my defection from ANC to DAP-K where I will serve in the same capacity as deputy party leader. I have the blessings of my family and my constituents,\u201d he said<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Savula further announced he would be contesting for the Kakamega governor seat on DAP-K ticket.<br>He said his defection was informed by activities in ANC, \u201cwhich were leaning towards Deputy President William Ruto.\u201d<br>\u201cI am a neighbouir to Ruto in Karen Nairobi. The Deputy President is also my neighbor in his rural home in Sugoi. I know what is going on in his homes,\u201d he said.<br>Savula said his pleas to ANC party leader Musalia Mudavdi to join Raila Odinga\u2019s Azimio La Umoja have fallen on deaf ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><br>\u201cThere<strong><em> is no doubt that Raila is forming the next government and that is why I was telling Musalia he should not remain in the cold,\u201d he added<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Wamalwa thanked Savula for joining DAP-K saying his move is well informed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Savula&#8217;s defection comes at a time Kenyans are expecting some eqrth moving announcement from Mudavadi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is however some growing expectations that Mudavadi could team up with Ruto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lugari MP Ayub Savula has officially joined Democratic Action Party &#8211; Kenya(DAP-K). Savula was received in his new party on Saturday by Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and DAP-K party leader Wafula Wamunyinyi&nbsp; in Nairobi.The Lugari Mp was named the DAP-K deputy party leader, a position he also held in his former party. Ayub Savula &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12366"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12369,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12366\/revisions\/12369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}