COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has criticised the newfound working relationship between Musalia Mudavadi and William Ruto.
In a tweet, Atwoli said teaming up with Ruto was not a way to the presidency.
“And who told him he’s going to be President? Befriending Ruto is not the key to the presidency,” Atwoli said.
He said the two Luhya leaders, Musalia and Moses Wetangula, have betrayed their community by working with the deputy president.
“He has ashamed the Luhyas by allowing Ruto to fund his NDC. As I said earlier, ANC and FORD-K are political commercial kiosks for Mudavadi and Wetangula. I will respond fully tomorrow (Monday),” he added.
In his speech, Mudavadi criticised the labour union in the country for not standing up for Kenyan workers.
In his response, Atwoli said it is Mudavadi who contributed in ‘impoverishing’ workers by allowing employers to execute redundancy without consulting employees.
“Mudavadi, in 1994 while minister for finance, sneaked in the redundancy clause into the Finance Bill of 1994, as suggested by the World Bank, which allowed employers to declare redundancy without consulting workers.
“So how will he empower workers?” Atwoli posed.
Atwoli is a staunch supporter of Raila Odinga and Azimio La Umoja Movement and has been calling on Mudavadi and Wetangula to support the ODM leader.
Mudavadi officially declared his presidential bid yesterday at the Bomas Of Kenya with Deputy President William Ruto among the attendees.
The presence of DP Ruto forced former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Kanu party leader Gideon Moi to walk out of the much-hyped event which was filled with drama galore.
