This archive report was first published on 22 June 2020.
On June 21, 2020, Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) party leader Kalonzo Musyoka spoke about the shaky future of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition in an interview with Anne Kiguta on her show Punchline.
Just days after Wiper signed a co-operation agreement with the ruling Jubilee Party, Kalonzo was questioned on what it meant for Wiper's engagement with NASA. He explained that the opposition coalition had failed to live up to a pre-election agreement signed before the 2017 election, which committed them to working together after the polls even in the case of a loss.
He noted that the coalition's top organ, the summit, had not met in three years and pointed an accusing finger at the Raila Odinga-led Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka addresses the press after signing a post-election coalition with Jubilee at Jubilee House in Nairobi on June 17, 2020.
Kalonzo disclosed that he had tried to convene a summit meeting on various occasions, but only Amani National Congress (ANC) led by Musalia Mudavadi and Ford Kenya, then led by Moses Wetangula, were willing participants.
He voiced his suspicions that Raila's refusal to participate in the summit meeting was due to the controversy over how to share billions from the Political Parties Fund. ODM secured Ksh4.1 billion from the fund in 2019 after a protracted battle ended in the Court of Appeal.
ODM Chairman John Mbadi had asserted that they owed nothing to ANC in particular as they were not part of the same coalition when they filed the case in 2015.
He further stated that while Wiper and Ford Kenya's claims could be considered, only ODM and Jubilee were entitled to the funds by virtue of their numerical strength in Parliament.
