Makau Mutua Escalates Azimio Split Reports With New Demand

Reports alleging that Azimio la Umoja is on the verge of disintegration escalated after Makau Mutua, former Raila Odinga's Spokesperson in 2022 polls, dared dissatisfied members to leave.

In a statement, Mutua directed Azimio members opposing the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report to leave for undermining the coalition.

The Academician argued that the report was a product of intense talks which was democratically and unanimously supported by Azimio.

"Azimio isn’t a forced marriage. Please leave if you can’t support the NADCO report which is the product of the party’s agreed democratic processes," Makau Mutua wrote on X formerly known as Twitter.

Martha Karua, an Azimio Principal, is among the members who openly rejected the report. In her argument, Raila's running Mate in 2022 polls indicated that the NADCO report failed to address the cost of living.

Further, Karua stated that the report failed to address other issues pertinent to Azimio including the audit of the 2022 General Election, and respect for political parties and multiparty democracy.

“While concluding in the NADCO Report, we have to say, it has nothing to alleviate the suffering of citizens but it offers goodies to the leadership. This is totally unacceptable. It is a fraud upon Kenyans. It should be frowned upon and rejected. It is a distracting national smokescreen,” Karua said.

“In any talks, the part that makes the talks succeed is the party in power. These talks have failed because the Kenya Kwanza regime and Ruto himself have nothing but contempt for Kenyans. You fool around for 8 months and you come with 0 results,” she added.

Democratic Action Party Kenya (DAP-K) leader, Eugene Wamalwa also voiced dissent over the report for failing to address the cost of living.

The former Defence Cabinet Secretary pledged to abstain from signing the report and rejected any sitting allowance associated with it.

“I didn’t and will not append my signature to the NADCO report and have not and will not accept any sitting allowance for the same because I believe we did not do justice to the single most important issue to Kenyans; the cost of living,” he said.

Raila and Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka are yet to issue their comprehensive analysis of the report.

Reports however alleged that Raila is under intense pressure to make his stand known regarding the report.