The fallout between National Super Alliance (NASA) co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka and Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama has taken an ugly turn with the latter threatening to spill “devastating” beans on the former vice president.
In the biggest pointer to the backroom intrigues surrounding the fallout, Muthama told Sunday Standard that he was dead-set on unraveling “very damaging issues” around his former buddy “at an appropriate time”. This comes only days after Muthama announced that he had quit the Wiper party and would be contesting the Senate seat as an independent candidate.
Based on the nature of the fallout and the undertones it has sparked, there is a feeling within political circles that the acrimony between the pair stretches beyond the party primaries debacles in Kitui, Makueni and Machakos.
Muthama did not affirm this theory nor deny it. Instead, he confirmed that there were “more things” he wanted to say about Kalonzo.
“I do not rush into things and you know that. I take my time, but when I do, I do not hold back. What I have and what I am promising to reveal is shocking… shocking information that will shake the whole country,” he said.
Covert quest
Asked whether the information revolves around the intrigues of the negotiations leading to Kalonzo agreeing to become a running mate of ODM leader Raila Odinga and parallel covert quest by Jubilee to sway him to their side, Muthama retorted: “That is coming from you.
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For me, I have a story to tell Kenyans and I will do so at the opportune time. For now, I have a nation, a community, a name and credibility to protect. When that time comes and I open my mouth, the whole country will be shaken,” he said.
And in a pointer that the differences have been long running, Muthama said he had waited for many years to speak about the true character of Kalonzo. The senator said he would oppose the nomination of Kalonzo’s son Kennedy to the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) because it was an unfair. “We cannot nominate the father as the Deputy President and proceed to nominate the son as an MP.
But Muthama would not budge when we spoke to him on his resolve to spoil for Kalonzo. “Verily, nobody will catch sleep in Kenya once I tell all this,” he said as he signed off the interview.
The two come a long way from the days when Kalonzo was a national Kanu official while Muthama was Machakos branch official.
Those who know them also say their differences stretch from politics to commerce. Muthama is said to have never forgiven Kalonzo over the circumstances under which he acquired Athiani FM, a vernacular radio station, long after he (Muthama) processed its licensing and did the bulk of its founding work.