Azimio La Umoja One Kenya spokesperson Makau Mutua has stated that Uhuru Kenyatta’s support towards Raila Odinga’s 2022 presidential bid failed because the ‘system’ was not in agreement with the former president to propel the Azimio leader to State House.
Makau narrated that Uhuru Kenyatta was betrayed by people he thought would assist him fix his preferred successor to power a few months to the polls.
“Mr Kenyatta was betrayed by so many people around him. Although Kenyatta supported Odinga candidacy, I would say he didn’t have the machinery of the system,” he said.
The Azimio coalition spokesperson further noted that the political spilt between retired President Kenyatta and William Ruto left Kenyatta an injured man.
According to Makau, the political disputes between Uhuru Kenyatta and President Ruto a month before the 2022 elections soiled Raila’s chances of victory.
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“I think what we know now is that Mr Ruto really superintended and controlled the biggest chunk of the state and most lethal elements of the state,” Makau said.
Furthermore, the seasoned lawyer acknowledged that the fact that Raila Odinga could not ‘capture’ the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission as well as the Supreme Court drew back his chances of victory.
Makau Mutua added that President Ruto might have outsmarted the former prime minister through capturing the electoral agency despite the Cherera four rooting for the latter in the push and pull within IEBC.
“The machinery of IEBC and its infrastructure was in the hands of Mr. Ruto, and I think the actual powers that be within the IEBC and other fractions of the state were able to compromise the election,” he said.
