Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has seemingly moved to woo Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka amid escalating tensions between the ruling administration and the opposition.
Speaking in Kitui on Thursday during an economic empowerment engagement, DP Kindiki said that Kalonzo is a noble and like-minded leader who has been poisoned by those spreading ethnic divisions.
“I have seen people staying close to him to influence him in politics he does not identify with. He is respectable and a lawyer just like me, but now the group he is working with is linking him to tribalism but I will look for him,” he said.
He also launched a concealed attack against former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, saying Kalonzo is only fit to work with him and not the opposing faction.
“Between me and that other guy, who is Kalonzo’s true brother? Between me and that other fellow, who can direct Kalonzo on the right path and not mislead him into politics of empty rhetoric without any meaningful development for the people of Ukambani and Kenya?” Kindiki posed.
This comes amid an ongoing tussle between DP Kindiki and Gachagua over their different stance on governance issues.
In March, Gachagua faulted Kindiki for luring artists to endorse government programs, claiming they were being used to paint a false picture of development and good governance.
Gachagua even called for a boycott of the musicians who met Kindiki at his Karen residence.
A day later, an agitated Kindiki fired at Gachagua, questioning his brazen statements that he said posed a threat to national unity.
DP Kindiki has repeatedly urged Kenyans not to fall into the trap of those propagating incitement and division in pursuit of their political interests at the expense of the country’s unity and development.
Likewise, Kalonzo has been a top player in Gachagua’s faction alongside other political dons among them People’s Liberation Party (PLP) Martha Karua, former Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang’i and Eugene Wamalwa of DAP-K.
