Call for unity among Coast leaders dominated an iftar dinner organised by East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Hassan Omar, on Sunday.
Leaders present at the iftar emphasised the importance of prioritising and listening to the region's concerns, irrespective of political allegiances.
The leaders mainly from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) vowed to unite and speak in one voice.
Senate Speaker Amason Kingi challenged the leaders to join his Pamoja African Alliance party.
“When I started the Pamoja African Alliance (PAA) Party, it was not an easy one. Today we are calling for unity to plan the 2027 politics while we are in different political parties. As long as you belong to different political formations forget about unity, ODM will do their way and UDA. If truly we want unity then we must look for our own house (party)." argued Kingi.
Adding " I have been listening to all of you here calling for unity, whatever you have all said is because your party leaders are not here, if they were here you would not said some of the things that you said. As Coast leaders we have to stop being political puppets and the only way is we must find our won House as a region."
Kingi called on Coast leaders to go back to the drawing board and find out the reason and cause of disunity among the leaders.
"Just go and search for the speeches of Coast leaders from the era of the late Ngala until now, the speeches are all the same , We are simply playing the tape and if we don't sit down and see where the problem is then things will not change for the next 100 years. We must change the narrative and this is only possible if we get to know where the problem is.''
On his part EALA Mp Hassan Omar lashed out at some leaders from the region for criticising and attacking politicians from different political leaders whenever they unite.
"We have come along way as the people of Pwani, we cannot allow some few individuals to come and divide us. Who are you to go to social media and start criticisng a leader just because he was seen with another leader from a rival party. This is stupidity" said Omar.
Adding " Any leader who has our interests at heart, we must stand with the them as the Coast people irrespective of their political party. Raila Odinga and Ruto United, for us we will not wait for anyone to come and tell us to unite, we will continue working together with like minded leaders."
Omar noted that he will support former Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho in his bid to take over from Raila Odinga as ODM party leader.
Omar charged "We will unite and continue working together, we will push Hassan Joho to where he wants to go because he is one of us"
Speaking at the same forum, Jomvu Mp Badi Twalib called on Coast politicians to stop politics of division and witch hunt.
"No one tells me what to say in a public forum, I speak my words without mincing them. As leaders we need to stop witch hunt. We need to be proud and support each other." said Twalib.
Twalib emphasized the need to prioritise serving the locals over political party interests, urging them to move beyond divisive politics and focus on progressing together.
