The anniversary of the 8th Vice President the late Wamalwa Kijana has been marked with calls from leaders who attended the function calling to order elected leaders.
The Member of Parliament for Kiminini Maurice Kakai Bisau together with his Cherangany counterpart Patrick Simiyu both missing at the function.
Leaders led by former Trans Nzoia Speaker Joshua Werunga criticized the absence of legislators from the function terming them as traitors.
An infuriated Werunga said the absentee MPs used Eugene Wamalwa’s party DAP-K which Wamalwa accepted only to dump him during his time of need especially during the anniversary time that he was lonely while what would have been his foot soldiers are no longer seen.
He however appealed to the ruling coalition of Kenya Kwanza to desist from buying opposition leaders but leave them to oversight its leadership
“We are no longer going to accept the ruling coalition meddling with elected leaders and calling them to stop,”said Werunga.
His Usawa party counterpart Mwangi wa Iria with George Wajackoya blamed utterances made by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over what they said flimsy excuses he made regarding the bipartisan talks between Azimio and Kenya Kwanza on issues affecting locals.
They called him to order terming his utterances uncalled for especially for a leader of such stature in the country they however promised to push the government in seeing the lives of its citizens are affordable.
“We will not be deterred by Gachagua’s sentiments that he stated our talks with Kenya Kwanza are of no consequences, we will push for reforms,” said Mwangi Wa Iria
All leaders however criticized the arrest of former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya by EACC officers over claims of corruption when he was a Governor claiming the government was using state agencies to intimidate opposition.
Michael Christopher Kijana Wamalwa was born in Sosio, a village near Kimilili in Bungoma. He was the son of an influential MP, William Wamalwa.
He was born on 25th November 1944 and died on 23rd August 2003, at the time of his death he was serving as the eighth Vice President of Kenya.
