Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna has condemned Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi for storming out of the consecration event of Bishop Rose Okeno in Butere, Kakamega County on Sunday September 12, 2021.
Mudavadi alongside his Ford Kenya counterpart Moses Wetang’ula and devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugine Wamalwa walked out of the event after Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit barred politicians from speaking.
The event that was held at Butere Girls’ High School was also attended by ODM leader Raila Odinga, COTU boss Francis Atwoli and Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya.
Sifuna through his official Twitter account has said that it was shameful and disrespectful for Mudavadi to walk out when the first woman Bishop of the Anglican Church was giving her maiden speech.
Whilst a section of media had earlier reported that Raila was part of the political class that stormed out of the event, Sifuna has dismissed the claims, arguing that Raila stayed to the end.
“Very shameful and disrespectful conduct. Worse still they stormed out when the first woman Bishop of the Anglican Church was giving her maiden speech,” Sifuna tweeted while responding to a video clip showing politicians leaving the event.
The storming out of the event by the political class has ignited mixed reactions from netizens, with some arguing that a section of politicians had attended the event to politick.