Siaya County Governor James Orengo has launched a sharp political broadside against Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, warning that their continued alliance with President William Ruto could mark the slow death of the political parties they once built and defended.
Speaking during the burial of the late Lugari Member of Parliament, Cyrus Jirongo, Orengo said he could no longer remain silent while the democratic gains fought for over decades were being undermined.
He noted that the struggle for multiparty democracy, which he waged alongside the late ODM leader Raila Odinga, was now facing a serious threat under the current political arrangements.
According to Orengo, President Ruto has perfected a strategy of weakening and eventually dismantling independent political parties through alliances that benefit Kenya Kwanza at the expense of its partners.
He pointed to the collapse of the Amani National Congress (ANC), once associated with Mudavadi, saying it had effectively ceased to exist after joining the ruling coalition.
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Orengo further warned that Ford Kenya, the party linked to Wetang’ula, was steadily losing its political identity, arguing that it was being “swallowed” by the dominant forces within Kenya Kwanza.
He claimed that the same fate now looms over the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which he said was “on the chopping board” following its cooperation with the government.
The Siaya governor cautioned Mudavadi and Wetang’ula that they were being used as instruments to weaken political pluralism.
He warned that once their usefulness to the ruling establishment ends, they could be discarded, leaving their parties destroyed and democracy severely damaged.
Orengo urged leaders to reflect on history and prioritize the protection of strong political institutions, arguing that democracy cannot survive where parties are reduced to temporary vehicles of convenience rather than platforms of ideology and accountability.
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