By MOSES NJAGIH
A war of words erupted between Musalia Mudavadi's United Democratic Forum and Uhuru Kenyatta's The National Alliance after a defection bid turned sour.
A group of UDF councillors from Vihiga County travelled to Nairobi to defect to TNA, but their bid was scuttled after they failed to meet Uhuru.
News of the planned defection sparked an exchange between the two parties with UDF accusing TNA of throwing money at its supporters to win them over, a claim TNA promptly denied.
Mudavadi is aspiring for the presidency under UDF while Uhuru is TNA's frontrunner in the race to State House.
UDF did not take well what it saw as an effort by TNA to undermine Mudavadi politically right in his home county and its response revealed a strained relationship between the two parties.
According to the script from UDF sources, Uhuru was on Wednesday allegedly scheduled to meet the councillors and other aspirants from Vihiga County only for the planned meeting to abort.
Some of the councillors in the group were still stranded in Nairobi on Thursday, while others had to travel back after the DPM failed to meet them
Although TNA refuted the claims the councillors had an appointment with Uhuru, the civic leaders insisted they took the long journey from Western Province to TNA's citadel only after they were assured Uhuru would meet them.
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