After being chased from Central Kenya by Gachagua, the Uhuru puppets are back to Luo Nyanza. It appears they stretched their brief to include areas they were not suppose to be in.
Linda Mwananchi was unwanted in central. Its main goal is to weaken ODM and as a spoiler it is expected to focus in Luo Nyanza, Coast and ODM western Kenya. Uhuru now remote controls 5 political parties.
1. He remote-controls Wiper, with empty promises to back Kalonzo. As Kalonzo’s campaign strain and lag; with bloggers already decamping, Uhuru is holding tight the purse-strings.
2. He remote controls DAP-K, a party his lackeys formed for Eugene Wamalwa ahead of 2022. Internal wars between Natembeya and Wamalwa has weakened DAP-K but it is still very much the anchor party for Uhuru in western Kenya.
3. He still also masquerades as Jubilee Party Leader, a party he knows very well is dead and has been dead since at least 2018. Handing Jubilee to Matiangi was to remove it from Central Kenya. Notice the lack of interest in the Jubilee candidate in Ol Kalou polls. Matiangi campaigned in Embu, but avoided Ol Kalou. None in the party higher up has campaigned for the candidate.
4. He remote-controls DCP. As the grand puppeteer, Gachagua now answers to him, rendered unable to fully consolidate Mt. Kenya on his own terms. As Gachagua runs into financial headwinds, Uhuru has become his lifeline; spending millions on the DCP all Kalou candidate while ignoring his own candidate in the same election.
5. Lastly, Uhuru runs Linda Mwananchi, where he funds Orengo and Sifuna. The whole point of Linda Mwananchi is to wreck havoc in formerly ODM strongholds. Uhuru had wanted to control ODM but Junet rebuffed and sabotaged him.
Dikembe Disembe is a Political Researcher and Writer
