A day after Nyali MP Mohammed Ali, popularly known as Moha Jicho Pevu, announced his intentions to quit the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), the party’s Mombasa County Secretary General, Mutisya Wambua, has responded by saying his departure will not affect the party in any significant way.
Speaking at a press briefing held in Mombasa on Wednesday, April 16, Wambua said the party has no plans to block Ali from leaving, but made it clear that if he chooses to stay, the party is still ready to support and work with him.
Wambua went on to describe Ali as a “political tourist” — someone who constantly shifts political alliances and interests.
He said Ali has a tendency to be unpredictable and warned him against causing unnecessary conflict within the party, especially with the UDA National Secretary General, Hassan Omar.
“This man is a political tourist. One day he says he’ll run for a seat in Isiolo, another day it’s Nairobi, and then again Mombasa.
He keeps changing his political base. We are open to working with him if he wishes to remain, but if he has made up his mind to leave, he should do so quietly. He should not drag the UDA SG into his personal matters,” Wambua said.
Other UDA members also backed Wambua’s statement, saying that Ali’s departure would not spark a wave of defections from the party.
“Let me assure everyone that he will not take other members with him if he leaves,” said one of the members present at the briefing.
Ali had spoken out a day earlier, on Tuesday, April 15, during a televised interview. He accused the party’s Secretary General of planning to deny him the UDA nomination for the 2027 general elections.
The Nyali legislator, who was first elected as an independent candidate in 2017 and later re-elected in 2022 on a UDA ticket, made it clear that he is willing to leave the party and find a new political path, whether through another party or as an independent once again.
“We have several options. I joined politics through an independent ticket the first time, then I went through UDA for my second term. If need be, I will run again through another party or as an independent. We will not stop because of a few individuals who think they own the party,” Ali said firmly.
He also sent a direct message to the party’s leadership: “If you think the party is your personal property, we will explore other options. There are other parties, there’s the independent path. That’s what I told the party’s Secretary General.”
Ali’s announcement comes just days after the Farmers Party also expressed dissatisfaction with the Kenya Kwanza Coalition.
On Tuesday, April 8, the party, through a statement by its former party leader Irungu Nyakera, disclosed its plans to exit the coalition.
Nyakera accused the Kenya Kwanza leadership of violating the terms of their coalition agreement and going against the Constitution. He noted that when the Farmers Party signed the deal with Kenya Kwanza on March 23, 2022, it was done in good faith, but what followed was a series of broken promises and disrespect.
“We joined the Kenya Kwanza Coalition with the hope of building a transparent and honest political partnership.
However, it’s disappointing to note that there has been a continuous display of dishonesty, political betrayal, and blatant disregard for both the Constitution and the spirit of the coalition agreement by our major partner,” Nyakera said.
These developments suggest rising tensions within the Kenya Kwanza Coalition, as more parties and individuals raise concerns about internal conflicts and power struggles.
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