The success of a planned rally by Embrace Movement this Saturday in Mombasa county hangs in the balance following disagreement by grassroots leaders over allocation of funds to facilitate it.
A meeting by local leaders, which was planned to take place Wednesday afternoon at the Mombasa Stadium to discuss the rally, aborted over the confusion over the funds.
Mistrust has set in with allegations that the Inua Mama team is out to ensure the Embrace Movement rally at the coastal city of Mombasa flops.
The meeting, which brought together ODM and Jubilee faction with those allied to the now famous Tanga Tanga movement was convened by county Women Representative Asha Hussein alias Ashu to chart the way forward ahead of the rally to be held at the famous Tononoka ground.
Likoni Mp Mishi Mboko who is one of the top figures of the embrace movement did not attend the meeting as she was in Nairobi for parliamentary duties.
Drama unfolded when word went round at the meeting upon the arrival of former Deputy governor Hazel Katana that funds have been allocated for the mobilization of the weekend rally.
Ashu however said she was not aware of the funds according to the information at her disposal.
Angry leaders started chanting, “No money, no mobilization, no Embrace Movement rally in the county”, which led to the cancellation of the meeting.
According to a source Ashu had separate meetings with ODM and Kieleweke factions earlier before the aborted meeting.
Things had began well but a section of members of the Kieleweke faction were not happy to hear that no funds had been disbursed apart from the individual initiative to buy uniform for the rally.
The local leaders spotted at the meeting before hell broke loose were JP activists Beatrice Gambe and Janet Mbete.
In the movement’s Whatsapp page there was a bitter exchange of words between a former nominated senator and members of the Tanga Tanga faction.
By the time of going to press no amicable solution had been reached with one day to go before the weekend rally in Mombasa.
