A division has emerged among Azimio la Umoja leaders after a section of the coalition principals reportedly accused Raila Odinga of unfair allocation of cabinet slots.

According to sources privy to the information, President William Ruto reportedly offered the opposition coalition seven cabinet slots as he sought to establish a broad-based administration.

The slots were to be shared among the coalition’s sister parties including Raila’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party, Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper party, Eugene Wamalwa’s DAP Kenya, Jeremiah Kioni's Jubilee party and Martha Karua’s NARC Kenya.

However, the offer allegedly sparked a stalemate among the leaders with some of them accusing Raila’s ODM of unfairly acquiring a larger share of the offer.

The ODM party allegedly demanded to have four slots out of the seven slots while the rest were to be shared among the remaining parties affiliated with the coalition.

Similarly, Odinga’s co-principals dismissed any plans by the opposition to join President Ruto’s administration despite Odinga endorsing the Head of State’s call for a dialogue.

Odinga while addressing delegates during the recent ODM's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting endorsed Ruto's call for a national conversation claiming it would address the long-standing issues that affect Kenyans. 

The former Prime Minister and his team proposed a conducive environment be created for the benefit of this initiative. "Every Kenyan must be brought to the table," the ODM leaders stated.

Contrary to ODM's take, DAP Kenya party leader Eugene Wamalwa and his Wiper party counterpart rubbished any plans by their parties to endorse the dialogue formula.

Eugene Wamalwa who spoke recently said he would not take any cabinet position if President William Ruto offered him, reiterating that the president must first step down.

"I have no intention or any inclination to join Ruto's government. I am not boarding. I believe we have a wrong leader in State House," Wamalwa insisted.

Wamalwa's sentiments come hardly a fortnight after the Head of State vowed to engage in extensive consultations across different sectors and political formations, to set up a broad-based government.

"A broad-based government that will assist me in accelerating and expediting the necessary, urgent and irreversible, implementation of radical programs to deal with the burden of debt, raising domestic resources, expanding job opportunities, eliminate wastage and unnecessary duplication of a multiplicity of government agencies," Ruto stated while dismissing his cabinet secretaries.