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National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed and ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna\/FILE<\/p>\nNational Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed and ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna\/FILE<\/p>\n
A group of MPs mainly from Luo
\nNyanza region, have called on top ODM leaders to desist from public exchange of
\nwords.<\/p>\n
The legislators want their colleagues led
\nby party Secretary General and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and National Assembly
\nMinority Leader Junet Mohamed to refrain from their spats.<\/p>\n
The seven MPs argued that with ODM being one
\nof the largest parties in the country, they are concerned by the spectacle of
\nself- cannibalisation that has been exhibited of late in the ODM party.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven the positions of trust bestowed on
\nthem, we urge the party officials like Senator Edwin Sifuna and Junet Mohamed,
\nto desist from public verbal slurs and return to the table for internal
\ndiscussions,\u201d the MPs said at a press conference held on Monday at Parliament. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The leaders have joined Mombasa Governor
\nand deputy party leader Abdulswamad Sharrif Nassir in petitioning for a meeting
\nof a top party organ to address the emerging differences that threaten to split
\nthe party.<\/p>\n
The MPs raised fears that their party was
\nlosing popularity and that the squabbles were further aggravating the situation.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe encourage the Party Leader to call for an internal ‘spitting session’ to
\navoid the ongoing mud-fest.”<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is for this reason that we request our
\nparty leader, Dr Oburu Odinga, to move with speed, convene the party\u2019s organs
\nand help restore public confidence in the party, before we begin to haemorrhage
\nmembers to insignificant political formations,\u201d the MPs led by Minority Whip Millie Odhiambo and Rarieda\u2019s
\nOtiende Amolo said.<\/p>\n
They argued that the wrangles can only be due to the absence
\nof the party leader, late Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a testament to how much we miss the
\nwisdom and iconic leadership of our departed Rt Hon Raila Odinga, that divisive
\nrhetoric has taken over our politics, without restraint,\u201d the MPs said.<\/p>\n
They added, \u201cWe call upon the party\u2019s
\nelected leadership and the wider membership to uphold the tenets of unity and
\ncamaraderie espoused by the late Raila Odinga. It is time to walk back on the
\nrhetoric and come together to build a strong party ahead of next year\u2019s
\nelections.\u201d<\/p>\n
Millie (Suba North) and Otiende were flanked by colleagues Tom Odege MP (Nyatike), Catherine
\nMuma (Nominated MP) John Ariko (Turkana South), Martin Owino (Ndhiwa) and Aduma
\nOwuor (Nyakach).<\/p>\n
\u201cEven as we appear to self-cannibalise, we
\ncan\u2019t help but curiously observe that small parties are aggressively and
\nstrategically moving to occupy the spaces previously held by our beloved ODM
\nparty. The current intolerance does not augur well for a revolutionary movement
\nthat Raila Odinga founded on the ideals of democracy, free speech and
\njustice.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the same time, the leaders raised concerns
\nover rising cases of political violence, warning that if not managed
\nwell, it may escalate to a full crisis in 2027.<\/p>\n
They cited the last Saturday incident in
\nMurang\u2019a where the Lamu County Woman Representative Muthoni Marubu was
\nphysically attacked for expressing her opinion on the 2027 presidential
\ncontest.<\/p>\n
The MPs also pointed to an incident where
\nKileleshwa MCA Robert Alai is alleged to have attacked and threatened Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, due to different political views.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese incidents follow hot on the heels of
\nthe violence that was witnessed in the recent by-elections, especially in
\nKasipul Constituency, where, unfortunately, two people were killed. Unless urgent
\naction is taken to stem these emerging and unfortunate incidents, 2027 will be
\nrocked by untold violence that is likely to undermine free and fair elections.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the same time, some of the ODM leaders differed with their colleagues who are accusing retired President Uhuru Kenyatta of being behind their internal wrangles.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very easy to point fingers, but the issue requires us to look inwards. I urge our party to be alert and inwardly looking, as a movement, we are losing focus,” Millie said.<\/p>\n
“In his lifetime, Raila Odinga held Uhuru Kenyatta in high regard. This respect did not change even after our 2022 electoral defeat. We cannot rewrite the narrative just because Baba is no longer with us,” Homabay Senator Otieno Kajwang wrote in a separate Facebook page.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The 2022 election is water under the bridge and should not be used to cause confusion within ODM. We must deliver our people to the proverbial Canaan. ODM must embrace all progressive parties committed to this goal,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed and ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna\/FILE A group of MPs mainly from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80,351,352,98,100,353,101,350,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-5269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-kenya","9":"tag-kenya-news","10":"tag-star","11":"tag-star-news","12":"tag-star-news-kenya","13":"tag-star-newspaper-kenya","14":"tag-the-star","15":"tag-the-star-kenya","16":"tag-the-star-newspaper"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}