Itakuwa kibarua ODM kuwika ngome ya Mulembe baada ya kumtimua Sifuna

ODM sasa ina kibarua kudumisha umaarufu wake Magharibi mwa nchi baada ya kukamilisha mchakato wa kumwondoa Seneta wa Nairobi Edwin Sifuna kutoka wadhifa wake kama katibu mkuu. Bw Sifuna ambaye anaegemea mrengo wa Linda Mwananchi pia alitimuliwa kama Kiranja wa walio wachache katika Bunge la Seneti wiki. Kando na Bw Sifuna, Seneta wa Vihiga Godfrey Osotsi pia mnamo Mei alifurushwa kama naibu kiongozi wa ODM. Wawili hao walikuwa viongozi wakuu ODM Magharibi hasa baada ya aliyekuwa Gavana wa Kakamega Wycliffe Oparanya kujiunga na Baraza la Mawaziri mnamo Julai 2024. Wakati wa uhai wa Kinara wa Raila Odinga, Magharibi ilikuwa ngome yake ya kisiasa huku ODM ikitwaa viti vingi eneo hilo. Chama hicho kilitamba katika siasa za Busia, Vihiga na Kakamega ambako ilitwaa viti vingi huku ikilemewa tu Bungoma na Ford Kenya. Kwenye kura za urais, Bw Odinga alikuwa akitamba na mnamo 2022 alimbwaga Rais Ruto katika kaunti za Trans Nzoia, Vihiga, Kakamega, Busia akilemewa tu katika Kaunti ya Bungoma. Katika uchaguzi mkuu uliopita ODM ilitwaa viti 10 vya ubunge kati ya 12 Kakamega pamoja na ugavana na mwakilishi wa kike. Kaunti jirani ya Vihiga ODM ilitwaa ugavana na useneta huku kule Busia ikiwahi viti vinne kati ya saba vya ubunge. Pia ODM ilitwaa ugavana na mwakilishi wa kike. ODM ilipata kiti cha ubunge wa Saboti katika Kaunti ya Trans Nzoia. Kushinda viti vingi na kura za urais kulisababisha Raila na ODM itambe kisiasa magharibi mwa nchi. Hata hivyo, baada ya kuondolewa kwa Bw Sifuna na Bw Osotsi katika nyadhifa zao, ODM inaonekana kukosa mnato Magharibi jinsi ilivyokuwa hapo awali. Mnamo Alhamisi Bw Sifuna alidai kuwa ODM imekufa huku pamoja na Gavana wa Siaya James Orengo wakizindua misururu ya mikutano ya kisiasa kote nchini kupitia vuguvugu lao la Linda Mwananchi. "Kwa masikitiko makuu ODM kwa sasa wapo mahali ambapo maamuzi yanayoathiri chama na wanachama wake hayatoki tena Orange House. Maamuzi hayo na yale yaliyosababisha niondolewe kama kiranja wa wa wengi kwenye Bunge la Seneti yalifanyika katika ikulu ya Nairobi," akasema. Pia alifichua kuwa viongozi ambao kwa miaka mingi wamemuunga mkono Kinara wa ODM Raila Odinga wameamua kufanya kazi chini ya vuguvugu la Linda Mwananchi. "Tulifanya kazi kwa miaka mingi kuhakikisha kuwa tunatimiza ndoto ambayo Raila alifanyia kazi. Umaarufu wa chama mashinani umefifia kwa sababu ya tamaa ya baadhi ya viongozi baada ya kifo cha Raila," akaongeza. Kauli ya Bw Sifuna inaashiria kuwa chama cha ODM imekufa huku akitarajiwa kujiunga na chama kipya cha kisiasa. Kuhusu Magharibi, Bw Sifuna anatarajiwa kutawazwa kama msemaji eneo hilo mnamo Julai 26 katika mkutano utakaofanyika uwanja wa Posta Kaunti ya Bungoma. Mkutano huo umechemsha siasa za Bungoma ikizingatiwa kulikuwa na minong'ono kuwa Mbunge wa Kimilili Didmus Barasa pia alikuwa amepanga mkutano eneo la Musikoma, kilomita chache kutoka eneo hilo. Bw Sifuna na Bw Barasa huwa hawaonani uso kwa macho na wamekuwa na uhasama katika mikutano ya hadhara na hafla za mazishi. Bw Barasa ametangaza kuwa sasa mkutano wake hautafanyika. Kabla ya kutawazwa kama msemaji wa jamii ya Mulembe Julai 26, Bw Sifuna atakuwa kaunti jirani ya Trans Nzoia pamoja na viongozi wa Linda Mwananchi ambao wanaunga azma yake ya kuwahi uongozi wa nchi. Siasa za Bw Sifuna zimeonekana kufunika ODM Magharibi bila Raila baadhi ya viongozi wa chama hicho wakizomewa kwenye mikutano na matanga kila mara wanapomkosoa seneta huyo wa Nairobi. Mwenyekiti wa ODM Kaunti ya Kakamega ambaye pia ni Gavana wa gatuzi hilo Fernandes Baraza anasisitiza kuwa chama ni imara na umaarufu wake bado upo. "Tumekuwa tukifanya mikutano na tunapokolewa vizuri na wanaosema ODM imepoteza umaarufu watashanga chama kikitwaa viti vingi eneo hili. Mtu mmoja akiasi chama hakumaanisha kuwa wengine pia wameenda," akasema Bw Barasa ambaye anaegemea mrengo unaoongozwa na Seneta wa Siaya Dkt Oburu Oginga. Kwa mujibu wa Mchanganuzi wa Masuala ya Kisiasa Lumala Masibo, umaarufu wa Bw Sifuna na kutokwepo kwa Raila kunaiacha ODM na kibarua kigumu cha kudumisha umaarufu wake Magharibi. "Masaibu ya Sifuna na Osotsi yamesawiri viongozi wa sasa wa ODM kama wasiojali uungwaji mkono ambao walikuwa wakiupata Magharibi mwa nchi miaka ya nyuma. Pia wengi wanahisi huu ni wakati wa Nyanza kurejesha mkono kwa kumuunga mkono Bw Sifuna," akasema msomi huyo. Utafiti wa Infotrak uliofanywa wiki hii hata hivyo, ulionyesha ODM kama chama ambacho bado ni maarufu Magharibi kwa asilimia 32.

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USHINDI mkubwa wa mgombea wa Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP), Sammy Kamau Ngotho, katika uchaguzi mdogo wa ubunge wa Ol Kalou umeibua mjadala mpya kuhusu mwelekeo wa siasa za Mlima Kenya kuelekea uchaguzi mkuu wa 2027. Ngotho alipata zaidi ya asilimia 85 ya kura, huku mgombea wa UDA, Samuel Muchina Nyagah, akiambulia asilimia 13 pekee. Wagombea wengine saba waligawana asilimia mbili zilizosalia. Kwa kiongozi wa DCP Rigathi Gachagua, ushindi huo unampa nguvu mpya kisiasa na kumpatia mbunge wake wa kwanza katika Bunge la Kitaifa. Hata hivyo, aliyekuwa Kamishna wa Mkoa Joseph Kaguthi amesema ushindi huo unaambatana na wajibu mkubwa. "Ol Kalou ilikuwa kura ya maamuzi ya Mlima Kenya. Sasa Gachagua amepewa jukumu la kuongoza eneo hilo kuelekea 2027. Lazima awe kiongozi anayewaunganisha watu na asiwe wa kulipiza kisasi," alisema. Kaguthi alisema Gachagua anapaswa kusawazisha maslahi ya Mlima Kenya na yale ya taifa kwa ujumla. Kwa Rais William Ruto, wachambuzi wanasema matokeo hayo yanatoa onyo kuhusu kupungua kwa ushawishi wake katika ngome iliyompa ushindi mkubwa mwaka 2022. Gavana wa Trans Nzoia George Natembeya alisema Rais anapaswa kujiuliza iwapo uamuzi wa kuunga mkono kuondolewa kwa Gachagua mamlakani mwaka 2024 ulikuwa sahihi. "Ikiwa Rais atakuwa mkweli, lazima anajutia uamuzi huo kwa sababu ulisababisha mgogoro wa kisiasa unaozidi kukua kila siku," alisema. Mbunge wa Manyatta Gitonga Mukunji alisema ni jambo la kutia wasiwasi kwa UDA kupata asilimia 13 pekee katika eneo lililompa Rais Ruto takriban asilimia 87 ya kura mwaka 2022. "Ukiangalia matokeo hayo, unaweza kudhani hata uungwaji mkono wa Rais katika uchaguzi wa urais unaweza kuwa chini zaidi," alisema. Kwa Naibu Rais Kithure Kindiki, wachambuzi wanasema matokeo hayo yanaonyesha bado hajakubalika kama mrithi wa Gachagua katika Mlima Kenya. Mchambuzi wa siasa Gasper Odhiambo alisema Kindiki aliahidi kumshinda Gachagua Ol Kalou lakini akashindwa vibaya. Alionya kuwa nafasi ya Kindiki kuwa mgombea mwenza wa Rais Ruto mwaka 2027 sasa inaweza kuwa hatarini. Kindiki, hata hivyo, alisema ushindi wa Kenya Kwanza katika uchaguzi mdogo wa Mbeere Kaskazini na kushindwa Ol Kalou unamaanisha ushindani uko sare. "Hii ni sare. Mechi ya mwisho ni mwaka 2027," alisema. Aliyekuwa Rais Uhuru Kenyatta pia amewekwa katika mizani kuhusu ushawishi wake Mlima Kenya baada ya chama chake cha Jubilee kupata kura 198 pekee. Seneta mteule Karen Nyamu alisema Uhuru anapaswa kueleza kwa nini amekuwa akiunga mkono wagombea wa nje ya Mlima Kenya badala ya kukuza viongozi wa eneo hilo.

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KAULI ya Seneta wa Nairobi, Edwin Sifuna, kwamba yuko tayari kuwania urais mwaka 2027 limepatia sura mpya siasa za upinzani na kuzua mjadala kuhusu mustakabali wa vuguvugu la Linda Mwananchi. Akizungumza katika mkutano wa kisiasa uliofanyika Mwatate, Kaunti ya Taita Taveta, Jumamosi, Sifuna alisema licha ya kupokonywa nyadhifa zote alizopewa ndani ya ODM, vijana wa Kenya wako tayari kumpa nafasi kubwa zaidi ya kuongoza nchi. "Wameninyang'anya kila kitu Baba alinipa. Wameniondoa kama Naibu Kiranja wa Wachache katika Seneti na pia wameniondoa kwenye wadhifa wa Katibu Mkuu wa ODM. Lakini vijana wamesema watanipa cheo cha kuitwa mtukufu," alisema, akimaanisha urais. Kauli hiyo imejiri siku chache baada ya Spika wa Seneti, Amason Kingi kutangaza mabadiliko ya uongozi wa wachache, yaliyomwondoa Sifuna kama Naibu Kiranja wa Wachache na nafasi yake kuchukuliwa na Seneta wa Migori Eddy Oketch. Sifuna alisema nyadhifa zinaweza kuondolewa lakini haziwezi kufuta uungwaji mkono anaopata kutoka kwa Wakenya. "Vyeo wanaweza kuninyang'anya, lakini hawawezi kuninyang'anya akili yangu wala uungwaji mkono wa wananchi. Uongozi unatokana na wananchi," alisema. Aidha, alisema Linda Mwananchi inalenga kurithi kura pamoja na viti vya ODM katika uchaguzi mkuu wa 2027. Kauli hiyo imezua hisia kwamba vuguvugu hilo linaanza kujigeuza kutoka kundi la kushinikiza mabadiliko hadi jukwaa la kisiasa linaloweza kusimamisha mgombea wa urais. Hata hivyo, wachambuzi wa siasa wanasema Linda Mwananchi bado inakabiliwa na changamoto nyingi kabla ya kuwa nguvu ya kitaifa. Changamoto kubwa ni kwamba haijasajiliwa kama chama cha kisiasa, hivyo haiwezi kusimamisha wagombeaji katika uchaguzi. Msajili wa Vyama vya Kisiasa aliwahi kukataa ombi la kukisajili. Wanaweza kuendelea kushinikiza kisajiliwe, kujiunga na chama kilichosajiliwa au kurejea ODM na kujaribu kukidhibiti kutoka ndani. Vuguvugu hilo pia linawakutanisha viongozi kutoka vyama tofauti kama ODM, Wiper, Jubilee pamoja na wanasiasa huru ambao wameunganishwa zaidi na upinzani wao dhidi ya serikali ya Rais William Ruto. Tofauti hiyo ya kisiasa imeonekana kuwa nguvu yake, lakini pia inaweza kuwa chanzo cha migogoro kuhusu uongozi na mgombeaji wa urais. Gavana wa Siaya James Orengo, ambaye ni mmoja wa vinara wa Linda Mwananchi, pia amedokeza kuwa vuguvugu hilo lina mgombea wake wa urais. "Nani amesema Linda Mwananchi haina mgombeaji wa urais?" aliwauliza wafuasi katika mkutano huo. Kauli hiyo imezua maswali iwapo Orengo naye ana azma ya kuwania urais au atamuunga mkono Sifuna. Awali, Orengo amekuwa akisisitiza kuwa bado yeye na wenzake ni wanachama wa ODM na wanapigania kukirejesha katika misingi yake ya awali. Msemaji wa Linda Mwananchi Caroli Omondi amesema ODM imekufa kisiasa na kuwahimiza wanachama wake kuhamia Linda Mwananchi. Pia amewataka viongozi wa upinzani akiwemo Kalonzo Musyoka, Rigathi Gachagua, Fred Matiang'i, Martha Karua, James Orengo na Edwin Sifuna kukubaliana kuhusu mgombea mmoja wa urais ili kumpa ushindani mkali Rais Ruto katika uchaguzi mkuu mwaka 2027. Kwa upande wake, Sifuna amekuwa akisisitiza kuwa ushindi dhidi ya Rais Ruto utawezekana tu ikiwa upinzani utaweka kando maslahi binafsi na kuungana. Tayari msemaji wa muungano wa upinzani Mukhisa Kituyi amesema timu ya Sifuna ni sehemu ya mazungumzo yanayoendelea ya kuunda muungano mpana wa upinzani. Hata hivyo, wachambuzi wanasema bado haijulikani iwapo Sifuna atakuwa tayari kuacha azma yake ya urais ikiwa muungano huo utakubali mgombeaji mwingine. Mhadhiri wa Chuo Kikuu cha Multimedia Profesa Gitile Naituli anaamini Sifuna ameibuka kama mmoja wa viongozi wakuu wa kizazi kipya cha upinzani na anaweza kubadilisha mwelekeo wa siasa za mwaka 2027. Lakini wengine wanahoji iwapo eneo la Mlima Kenya litamuunga mkono mgombea ambaye hatoki eneo hilo, wakisema hilo linaweza kuwa changamoto kubwa kwa muungano wowote wa upinzani utakaoundwa kuelekea uchaguzi mkuu.

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