Mudavadi asks Kalonzo to stop making him a scapegoat for his frustration

By Kibisu Kabatesi

The Amani Coalition leader Musalia Mudavadi has asked former VP Kalonzo Musyoka not to make him a scapegoat for his frustration after the March 4 election loss to him.

Mudavadi said it has now become fashionable for some politicians with failed ambitions to excuse and transfer their weaknesses by blaming him.

He said nothing stopped Kalonzo from contesting presidential elections when he chose to play second fiddle and ride on the shoulder of Raila.

He said he could not have been Kalonzo’s enemy when the former VP approached him for a joint ticket but later surfaced as Raila’s running mate.

“If my memory serves me right, the former VP is reversing history. He walked out on me. He walked out of the G7 voluntarily after failing to negotiate a position. I was never a member of G7”, he said.

He said Kalonzo was dishonest.

“He made his bed, let him sleep on it”, he said while addressing a homecoming party of UDF MCA Jackson Swadi for Kabwareng, Aldai in Nandi County.

He was accompanied by Nandi Governor Cleophas Langat and Aldai MP Serem

“I doubt he is being sincere with himself. His Achilles Heel is inability to explain to Kenyans how he became VP if he knew elections were rigged in 2007. He ought to be ashamed for the betrayal rather than turning aggression on me”, the former Deputy Prime Minister and UDF leader said.

Mudavadi was reacting to an interview in Sunday Nation where the former VP said he was undermined in preference to Mudavadi by Kibaki men.

“He seems to be a tortured soul. You almost feel pity for a man who is perennially in denial. But sulking is not leadership”, said the Amani leader.