Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has revealed details of an alleged initial power-sharing deal he had with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna before the two went their separate ways following a political fallout.
Speaking in a recorded interview with K24 on Friday, November 13, Babu said that as they planned to leave the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and pursue a new political path, they agreed that Sifuna would be the presidential candidate while he would serve as the party leader.
According to the lawmaker, the arrangement was also agreed upon by other members who had planned to leave ODM with them.
However, Babu claimed that after the group left the Orange Party, the agreement changed without his knowledge, with some members pushing for Sifuna to take up the party leadership position instead.
"Initially, we had agreed with Sifuna and other members that the moment we get the party out, Sifuna was to be the presidential candidate and I was to be the party leader, but things changed. I also don't know how things changed," Babu stated.
The Mwananchi Party leader said some members argued that a presidential candidate could not run without also leading the party, but he insisted that both he and Sifuna needed room to grow politically.
