Wandayi: I attended Raila’s memorial to confront opposition leaders face to face
Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi said on Sunday that he ignored advice to stay away from Raila Odinga's first death anniversary in Bondo. He accused opposition leaders of turning the October 15 event into a political platform.
Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi said on Sunday that Raila Odinga taught him to speak out. He used that lesson to defend his decision to attend the late former Prime Minister's first death anniversary. The October 15 commemoration took place at Migwena Cultural and Sports Grounds in Bondo, Siaya County, The Standard reported. Wandayi said he was advised not to attend. He went anyway because, as a leader from Siaya, he wanted to face opposition leaders in person. He did not want them to dominate the political conversation at the event. He also accused leaders opposed to President William Ruto's broad-based government of turning the memorial into an opposition rally. "I was taught politics by Baba Raila Odinga that whenever you have an opinion, you must speak out on any issue," he said. Wandayi said he came ready to engage the rival camp. He claimed its members failed to achieve what they came for and left. He insisted that Siaya remains a stronghold of the President and of ODM under party leader Senator Oburu Oginga. "We are his foot soldiers," he said of Ruto. The Standard reported that the memorial exposed a split within ODM. The Odinga family and the party ran separate programmes. The family set up a national steering committee, while…
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