Mudavadi Reveals Intrigues of Raila’s 2-Hr Meeting With US Ambassador

In a thanksgiving service held on Saturday, April 1, in Malava Constituency, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi divulged details of the ambassadors’ closed-door meeting with former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga.

Mudavadi claimed that the meeting was held on Sunday, March 26, with the ambassadors calling out Raila. 

“Last Sunday, ambassadors met with Raila for two and a half hours. They asked him to explain what his real problem was. In that meeting, Raila and his partners stated that they wanted the server to be opened, the recruitment of new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners stopped, and the return of former commissioners who resigned. 

“In that meeting, he didn’t speak about the cost of flour nor the economy,” the Prime CS alleged while addressing attendees at a thanksgiving ceremony hosted by Farouk Kibet, a long-time aide of President William Ruto, in Malava, Kakamega. 

Speaking to Raila, he added, “You are getting angry with ambassadors because they told you that you have no case. That is what they told you.”

He further dared Raila to deny his revelation, if he was lying, arguing that the opposition’s credentials as democrats were going down the drain.

Mudavadi observed that the ongoing anti-government protests painted the opposition negatively due to the chaos witnessed during the demonstrations. 

Mudavadi’s revelation came a day after Raila hit out at US Ambassador Meg Whitman over what he termed “putting development ahead of democracy”.

Raila acknowledged that Whitman had asked him to accept the results of the August 2022 General Elections. 

Furthermore, she urged Raila to stop the bi-weekly demonstrations. Her request irked the opposition leader, who revealed that he also criticised her for defending elections, yet she came to Kenya a few days before the exercise. 

“They must allow Kenyans to make a decision of their own. We demand that the servers are opened so that we can continue to interrogate the results in the servers,” Raila reiterated. 

Later on, the ambassadors released a joint statement indicating that the elections were free and fair. 

Reports alleged that they also sought a meeting with former President Uhuru Kenyatta after Raila insisted that he would proceed with the demonstrations.

Raila and Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, met Delaware, US, Senator, Chris Coon, in late March 2023, with reports claiming that the politician was pushing for a truce between the former Prime Minister and President William Ruto. 

Coon is famous for engineering the handshake between President (Rtd) Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila in March 2018.