Moses Wetangula is going nowhere and will remain a bonafide member of NASA, ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi has said.
Mudavadi's remarks appear to contradict what the Ford Kenya party leader said on Monday, that Nasa was dead and that his party was existing from the coalition.
Wetangula said he might go it alone in 2022 because he has been betrayed enough times.
"NASA, in my opinion, is a moribund organization. NASA is history. And those who ignore history run the risk of repeating mistakes," said Wetang'ula.
He was speaking in Mtwapa, Kilifi, where he met party members.
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But speaking on Wednesday in Ikolomani during a funeral, Musalia said Nasa was still intact despite the challenges it was facing.
He said the coalition agreement binds all member parties together.
NASA is a coalition of Raila Odinga's ODM party, ANC and Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Party.
“I formed Nasa and I agree that we have challenges, but for any of the factions forming Nasa to pull out we must go back to the coalition agreement where all the parties involved must officially write a letter to the registrar of parties stating that it has pulled out, something that has not been done by any of the coalition partners,” Musalia stated.
His remarks echoed those of ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna who, on Tuesday, told Wetangula that "coalitions are not dissolved at funerals and village Barazas".
"As a senior lawyer, he should know it can only be done by formally writing to the Registrar of Political Parties and inform her of Ford Kenya’s decision to quit NASA," Sifuna said in a statement.
Musalia added that there is still space for dialogue inside Nasa
despite the challenges it is experiencing.
“I have said times without number that I’m ready to stand ahead and serve Kenyans from wherever I am. It is not a must that I join the government in order to serve Kenyans well”.
Musalia also called on President Uhuru Kenyatta not to relent in the fight against corruption saying that corruption was like a venomous snake whose head must be crushed.
In March, Wetang'ula declared political war against Raila.
Wetangula said he and other NASA co-principals will make Raila's union with President Uhuru Kenyatta very uncomfortable.
He accused Raila of betraying him together with other Nasa leaders, saying, "we have regrouped to teach you a lesson".
There has been a rift within the opposition coalition after Raila Odinga met Uhuru for dialogue on March 9 without involving them.
Wetang'ula at the time warned Raila that a Nasa "divorce will be noisy and messy".
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