Likuyani MP Dr Enoch Kibunguchy has criticized COTU boss Francis Atwoli, saying he is misleading Luhyas. “Atwoli can’t collect people, like a herd, to his home and with money in his hands, tell them to say this and that, who gave you that job?” he posed. His remarks come after the now infamous Kajiado meeting that brought together Luhya leaders last week and the upheaval in Ford Kenya as a section of leaders announced that Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula wasn’t the party leader, a decision that has created a rift in the party and uncertainty.
Kibunguchy, who is also a Ford Kenya party member and a supporter of Wetangula, said Atwoli is playing along to Raila Odinga’s tricks. He said that a leader comes from God and Atwoli can’t take up the role of designating a Luhya leader, “Just months ago he was saying Musalia Mudavadi is the Luhya leader, now he is saying other things, why is he misleading us?”
He also said some leaders have been paid to cause a disturbance in the Luhya community, wondering how two leaders can initiate an apparent ‘coup’ in Ford Kenya, “Two people, only two leaders, Eseli and Wamunyinyi.. You’re trying to remove the national party leader. We’ll not accept because they’ve been bought to bring confusion to Luhyas so that we may be confused when the time comes we don’t know where we are coming from or where we are going,” said Kibunguchy.