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Mudavadi says no to political shifts as Uhuru plans new Cabinet

ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi

What you need to know:

  • Mr Mudavadi said President Uhuru Kenyatta has not approached him and asked him to present names from his side for inclusion in the proposed expanded Cabinet.
  • The politician further said he earnt a painful lesson in 2002 when he was made Vice President for three months by the then President Daniel Moi and lost his Sabatia parliamentary seat to former Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga in the subsequent polls.
  • On plans by the government to revive the troubled sugar sector, Mr Mudavadi said the measures Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya announced, which involve a debt amnesty for sugar millers, had no provision in the budget.

Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has distanced himself from the ongoing political realignments to craft a government with an expanded Cabinet, a plan that could see all top seats distributed throughout the country.

Mr Mudavadi said President Uhuru Kenyatta has not approached him and asked him to present names from his side for inclusion in the proposed expanded Cabinet.