{"id":2303,"date":"2022-01-31T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:21:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:21:36","slug":"bishop-khamala-i-abandoned-mudavadi-for-raila-after-atwoli-and-oparanya-convinced-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=2303","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Khamala: I abandoned Mudavadi for Raila after Atwoli and Oparanya convinced me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><code> \"I have left for good and am in ODM. Raila himself will come to take me  to his party from my home at Shibuli. He is the one we are supporting  for presidency and where Mudavadi went, he has dug his own political  grave,\" said Khamala.&nbsp; <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Seliphar Machoni <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lurambi MP Bishop Titus Khamala has\nsaid that Cotu boss Francis Atwoli and Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya\nconvinced him to join ODM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamala who spoke at Golf Hotel\ntoday during Azimio la Umoja meeting, he said that Oparanya and Atwoli advised\nhim to support Raila Odinga\u2019s presidency after his boss, Musalia Mudavadi\njoined Ruto\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <strong><code>\"As the people of Khwisero, we cannot board the wheelbarrow party. We  shall support Raila up to the last man standing and not Ruto,\"\u00a0Aseka Miradi <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamala said he prayed and&nbsp;fasted\nfor a week after the two approached him, arguing that he joined ODM after\ngetting an assurance from God that will be re-elected again in the August 9\npolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have left for good and am in\nODM. Raila himself will come to take me to his party from my home at Shibuli.\nHe is the one we are supporting for presidency and where Mudavadi went, he has\ndug his own political grave,&#8221; said Khamala.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bishop Titus Mukhwana Khamala (MP LURAMBI)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6NPD7vQpJ-Y?start=574&#038;feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khwisero MP Chris Aseka Miradi said\nMudavadi dug his own&nbsp;political grave, saying it was the reason they\nditched ANC to ODM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We as ANC elected leaders\nadvised Mudavadi that the only person he can work with was Raila so that come\n2027, he inherits Luo Nyanza voting block and became President but he didn&#8217;t\nlisten to us,&#8221; said Aseka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As the people of Khwisero, we cannot board the wheelbarrow party. We shall support Raila up to the last man standing and not Ruto,&#8221;\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I have left for good and am in ODM. Raila himself will come to take me to his party from my home at Shibuli. He is the one we are supporting for presidency and where Mudavadi went, he has dug his own political grave,&#8221; said Khamala.&nbsp; By Seliphar Machoni Lurambi MP Bishop Titus Khamala has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bishop Khamala: I abandoned Mudavadi for Raila after Atwoli and Oparanya convinced me - Horizon News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=2303\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bishop Khamala: I abandoned Mudavadi for Raila after Atwoli and Oparanya convinced me - Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;I have left for good and am in ODM. 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