Kindiki Rolls Out Mission To Curb UDA Party Squabbles

Kindiki Rolls Out Mission To Curb UDA Party Squabbles

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki is conducting an extensive campaign to resolve internal issues within the ruling party, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).

On Sunday, UDA Chairperson Cecily Mbarire alleged there was a plot to depose her.

Mbarire accused senior government officials of organizing efforts to undermine her leadership in Embu County.

“You know I am the chairperson of the UDA Party, and if there is anyone who has suffered because of supporting the government, it is me,” a livid Mbarire said during the 62nd Madaraka Day celebrations.

“How can you come from Nairobi and hold night meetings in Embu without telling me?Jaribu tena! Tutaonana Omhundu Omhundu” Embu Governor Cecily Mbarire warns Kindiki.

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She went on to claim that anonymous government officials are holding clandestine night meetings and traveling from Nairobi to Embu to advance their agenda in collaboration with local leaders.

“We traversed the whole of Embu with MCAs and my deputy, asking people to support the government so as to benefit, and now you are coming all the way from Nairobi to disrupt Embu,” she stated.

“I will not accept that. You know yourselves. I dare you to come back to Embu again.”

She added: “We will deal with each other man-to-man… I am a leader elected by the people of Embu County, and you are going to respect me.”

Her comments knocked the ruling party off guard as it sought to shore up support in the Mt Kenya region amid schisms among some of the President’s allies.

Mbarire’s assertions, according to Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale, are a familiar script, designed to raise her to the position and force Khalwale and Senator Johnson Muthama out of party leadership.

“Out of the blue, Gov. Cecil Mbarire was elevated to the National Chairman & Cleophas Malala was plucked from the ANC Party, becoming the Secretary General of UDA,” Khalwale said on Monday.

Adding, “Ostensibly, this was to get rid of Sen Muthama and teach Dr Boni Khalwale a lesson, both of whom were founder members of UDA. UDA is now in a spin!”

Following these startling claims, Kindiki, the party’s second-in-command, held a consultative meeting with Senators and Members of Parliament from Embu County on Tuesday night.

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Then, on Wednesday morning, Kindiki met with the Embu Governor and the County Assembly Majority Leader, Peter Muriithi, in an effort to restore calm in the region.

According to Kindiki’s office, the parliamentarians discussed the state of national government initiatives in the area as well as interventions to protect key agricultural value chains such as tea, coffee, macadamia, and cathus edulis (Muguuka).

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Following last evening’s meeting with the Senator and Members of Parliament from Embu County, this morning met Embu Governor Cecily Mbarire and the County Assembly Majority Leader Peter Muriithi to discuss status of… pic.twitter.com/5SOeuJdbm3
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While his staff has been tight-lipped about whether or not the negotiations produced the intended goals, the timing of the meeting is critical for the DP.

Kindiki is attempting to consolidate the Mt Kenya region following the ousting of Rigathi Gachagua, who is rapidly gaining popularity.

Kindiki Rolls Out Mission To Curb UDA Party Squabbles