{"id":918314,"date":"2022-01-21T12:34:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T12:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/21\/anc-wont-invite-raila-to-mudavadi-summit\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T12:34:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T12:34:06","slug":"anc-wont-invite-raila-to-mudavadi-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/21\/anc-wont-invite-raila-to-mudavadi-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"ANC won\u2019t invite Raila to Mudavadi summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/novekbqdypejm0k61e9908e20c28.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\"><strong>ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi welcomes ODM\u2019s Raila Odinga during burial of Mama Rosebella Jerono Mudavadi at Budira village in Vihiga on December 18 last year<\/strong>. [File, Standard]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Amani National Congress (ANC) yesterday said ODM leader Raila Odinga is not welcome on its big day this Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>Musalia Mudavadi\u2019s party said Raila is a competitor hence cannot attend its National Delegates Conference (NDC).\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have invited OKA principals. I have not seen any invitation for Raila. Neither have I seen one for Jubilee. Why would we invite our competitors when we are launching our bid for presidency? To come and do what?\u201d Posed ANC Secretary General Simon Gikuru. <\/p>\n<p>The party secretariat began sending out invitation cards to leaders for the NDC, where Mudavadi is expected to make an \u201cearth-shaking\u201d announcement on the political direction the party will take.\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"IxTiXXUgzWU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Wiper&#039;s Kalonzo and ANC&#039;s Mudavadi will be a headache for Raila and Ruto | State of Politics\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IxTiXXUgzWU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Gikuru yesterday said invitations have been drawn up and are being sent out for the event to be held at the Bomas of Kenya. He was non-committal on the invitation of Deputy President William Ruto, who is associated with United Democratic Alliance (UDA). But Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala, who has been touted as a possible bridge between Mudavadi and Ruto said: \u201cWe are only inviting our friends not competitors. Ruto is our friend but still our competitor. We have not invited him.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Gikuru said they had invited OKA principals Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Gideon Moi of Kanu and Ford Kenya\u2019s Moses Wetang\u2019ula, diplomats and the media. He urged the country to brace for the coming \u201cearthquake\u201d on Sunday.\u00a0National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi and former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo are among leaders invited.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for the invite,\u201d posted Muturi on Twitter.\u00a0ANC deputy party leader Ayub Savula (Lugari) and Khwisero MP Christopher Aseka said they will skip the NDC. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not be party to the NDC\u2019s misguided resolution. I have already made up my mind to support Raila and Azimio La Umoja,\u201d Savula said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>He said Mudavadi has three options: \u201cHe may decide to go it alone all the way, work with Raila or join forces with Ruto. He should make the right decision because a slight mistake could condemn him into oblivion.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Matungu MP Peter Nabulindo said he would be at Bomas for the NDC, despite having jumped ship to Azimio La Umoja.\u00a0\u201cI will attend the NDC on Sunday and inform Mudavadi that the people of Matungu want to join Azimio La Umoja,\u201d said Nabulindo.\n<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is key at this point of alliance building as the ANC top organ is expected to allow the flag bearer to join a coalition with either Raila or Ruto or continue with OKA.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/politics\/article\/2001435046\/anc-won-t-invite-raila-to-mudavadi-summit\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi welcomes ODM\u2019s Raila Odinga during burial of Mama Rosebella Jerono Mudavadi at Budira village in Vihiga on December 18 last year. [File, Standard] Amani National Congress (ANC) yesterday said ODM leader Raila Odinga is not welcome on its big day this Sunday. 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