Wetang'ula Declares Himself Official Leader of Opposition

FORD-Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula has declared himself the official leader of Opposition.

Wetang'ula said he has taken the position from Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga after he [Raila] joined Jubilee government.

“Those who were to oversight the government have crossed over and joined it and the country can’t operate without the Opposition,’’ said Wetang’ula.

Addressing the press at his home in Kanduyi, Bungoma county on Sunday, Wetang'ula said when a captain is captured, other leaders must fill his position immediately.

“We can’t surrender because our ‘general’ was captured, another one takes over immediately,’’ he said.

"I am leading the opposition and we are fighting for Kenyans. In history, we have people who fight and in the process of the fight, however strong and lethal they are, they get captured. And once they are captured, they distort the process of the fight, but eventually others emerge and lead the fight," he added.

The Bungoma senator said Opposition leaders who have joined government will later realise the mistake they have done.

“I will work with like-minded people to deal with political con men who want to use politics to enrich themselves,’’ he said.

 "We are here to lead Kenyans into the next level of leadership that would make sense. Those who have been captured we wish them well in their state of capture," Wetang'ula said.