Editor's Review

Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi called out the Western Kenya electorate for seeking undeserved favours from the government despite voting against it.

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has accused the electorate of his native Western Kenya of ignoring his political advice at election time, then turning on him when they find themselves outside government.

Speaking to bishops in Vihiga Saturday, November 7, Mudavadi, who is also the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, said the region had repeatedly rejected his counsel and then blamed him for being shut out of state largesse.

"You don't vote for us, and then you say you haven't been left out of government. What do you expect? Lord, stop this game. This is the problem we have in this Western Kenya," he said.

Mudavadi said he had urged the region in 2022 to back William Ruto because he was convinced the then deputy president would win the presidency.

Western voters, he said, chose otherwise, then siding with the state-backed Azimio La Umoja.

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In the 2022 presidential election,  Azimio's Raila Odinga took about 1.02 million votes in the region against Ruto's 630,000.

Mudavadi had promised to deliver the region to Ruto, but he was unable to deliver the Vihiga county presidential vote.

Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi.

Ruto went on to win the presidency anyway, with Musalia getting appointed to the Cabinet, where he has since held the position of Prime Cabinet Secretary alongside his Foreign Affairs docket.

Speaking Saturday, Musalia suggested that the voters ought not to expect reaping from where they did not sow politically.

"When I was telling you William Ruto is going to win, let's move together; you thought it was a game. Now you are saying, 'Oh, let's blame Musalia. Where is 30% of the road? Oh, let's blame Musalia. Where were you when I was going there and asking you to join me? You refused. Now you want free things from me. No," he said.

He turned to the election due in August next year and told the region its decision is still to be made.

According to him, no one in the opposition, which has been wooing the region, stands a chance against Ruto.

He cautioned Western residents that Ruto would win a second term in 2027 regardless of how they vote and that they still had time to make the right choice.

"I'm yet again telling you again, William Ruto is going to win. I'm telling you. He will get it. We tell the opposition, who is serious?" he said.

The Western region has more than 2.2 million registered voters spread across Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia and Vihiga counties. 

Musalia, who previously led the Amani National Congress (ANC) party, now aligns with the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA). ANC folded in January last year and merged with UDA.