This archive report was first published on 13 July 2020.
On Sunday, July 12, Musalia Mudavadi, the leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC) party, lashed out at Kakamega County Commissioner Pauline Njoroge in a spirited rant, claiming she was using President Uhuru Kenyatta's name to frustrate him.
Mudavadi made the allegations in Lugari, Kakamega, where he claimed that a number of his gatherings had been blocked by the county bosses who cited orders from Uhuru.
“Here the police are saying ‘we have orders from above’, no, you are misusing the name of the President, the president has not directed that Musalia be blocked from going to Vihiga or Kakamega,” he explained.
He also claimed that goons were hired to vandalise the Ford Kenya Party offices in Nairobi on Sunday, July 12, and that Ford Kenya and ANC were being targeted by the attacks because they had declared their interest in the 2022 General Elections.
Mudavadi questioned why other parties, such as KANU, NARC, Wiper, ODM, and Jubilee, were not being attacked, referencing the torching of ANC offices on Monday, June 29.
He called on Governors in the region to focus on ensuring development in the Western region, as the government had allocated a budget to all counties.
