This archive report was first published on 7 October 2019.
Published on October 7, 2019, ANC deputy party leader Ayub Savula has accused Mudavadi's advisers of misleading Musalia Mudavadi, the former Vice President, by setting him against Raila.
Savula made the remarks during a tour of the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) Lugari campus, where he expressed shock over Mudavadi's claims that the Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila was a result of blackmail.
He argued that Mudavadi needs Raila and ODM supporters to achieve his ambition of ascending to the presidency and that it is wrong for ANC and ODM to engage in unwarranted wars that could scuttle his prospects.
While Mudavadi was on a tour of the United States, he told a gathering of Kenyans in diaspora that a threat by some Western countries to cancel visas for opposition leaders and their associates necessitated the political deal reached between President Uhuru and Raila.
However, Savula countered that the decision by ANC to field Eliud Owalo in the Kibra by-election should not be misconstrued to mean enmity between the political outfit and ODM.
He also took issue with ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna for hurling insults at Mudavadi and supporters of the ANC leader, advising Sifuna to refrain from the habit as he does not understand the political landscape in Kenya.
