Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has cautioned former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua against reopening wounds of the 2007/2008 post-election violence.
Mudavadi termed such political rhetoric as "irresponsible," adding that it risked pushing the country to the precipice when the nation desires unity. "How somebody who has had the privilege of rising to the position of deputy president can want to take us back to that episode is completely out of line, and out of order," he said. "Don't seek votes by threatening people, but by selling your policies.
Tribalism won't take this country anywhere." According to Mudavadi, the former DP and politicians allied to him have adopted a political ideology that stands in the way of peaceful co-existence, which was restored following negotiations led by the late Kofi Annan and involving prominent African leaders such as Graca Machel and former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa. "I was in Serena with President Ruto and others.
We negotiated the peace that came after the post-election violence for 42 days," said Mudavadi.
