NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24- Starehe Member of Parliament (MP) Charles Njagua alias Jaguar has defected to Deputy President William Ruto’s led United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
The legislator was received by the Deputy Presiden at his official residence in Karen.
The MP’s entry to UDA comes a day after the Deputy President made a surprise appearance at the Amani National Congress (ANC) national delegate at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi.
“The Hustler nation continues to grow,” the Deputy President said in a Tweet.
The first time MP has been a member of the ruling Jubilee Party.
The musician cum politician has also been a member of the President Uhuru Kenyatta’s backed Azimio La Umoja, which is rooting for a Raila Odinga presidency.
The Deputy President’s party is already working on a post-election deal with ANC and Moses Wetangula led Ford Kenya.
During Sunday’s event dubbed as ‘The Earthquake’, Mudavadi said he will not work with Azimio La Umoja alliance.
“For the avoidance of doubt, let me state this in plain words: We may not know who is going with us, or who will be our comrades-at-arms on this mission, but we know who they will not be. They will not be those who cannot be trusted; those whom you trust at your own risk.” Mudavadi said.
In his speech on Sunday at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi, where delegates endorsed his presidential bid, Mudavadi spoke of political betrayal, vowing to only work with people he can trust.
“We have travelled with untrustworthy persons before. And even when we have given them another chance to redeem themselves, they have failed miserably, by returning to their old mischief. It is true, after all, that bad manners die hard,” he asserted.
ANC, he said, “shall no longer countenance the company of those who cannot be trusted. No, never again.”
“For the avoidance of doubt, the ANC stand, which I am privileged to pronounce is that the specter called Azimio is not an option.”
He said the Raila Odinga-led Azimio La Umoja alliance was not, after all, about unity.
“Azimio is about the self-preservation of some cunning individuals. The patterns are only too well-known and predictable,” he said.
“We have had enough of these self-preservation schemes. Tumechoka (We are tired). Enough is enough, TUSIDANGANYANE (Let us not lie to each other). We will not walk with you.”
Odinga has been rooting for his candidature in Mudavadi’s backyard and has even been endorsed in a recent event in Kakamega, by a host of leaders from the areas.
This seemingly angered Mudavadi, who is also seeking to succeed President Kenyatta.
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