ODM deputies hold a coup in the House committees :: Kenya

Some ODM MPs began preparing a coup d'état at the House Committee positions held by Ford-Kenya leaders in Parliament after their leader Moses Wetangula claimed that NASA was dead .

MPs spoke while ODM President John Mbadi claimed that even if Ford-Kenya left NASA, the alliance would not be dissolved.

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The Nasa coalition is a merger of the Amani National Congress (ANC), the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the Ford-Kenya and Wiper parties.

Mbadi explained that the dissolution of NASA is a long process that will involve the convening of the Nasa National Executive Board (NEC) and the National Governance Council (NGC).

Nasa will then hold a national conference of delegates (NDC) to formally and legally dissolve the coalition, in accordance with the Political Parties Act.

The ODM president insisted that if Ford-Kenya is serious and wants to withdraw from the coalition "then let it repair its threat by writing to the Registrar of parties expressing their intention."

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"Otherwise, we are dealing with the statements making social media tours that NASA is now an untimely shell," Mbadi told Standard in an interview.

He explained that once they receive formal letters of withdrawal from the registrar of political parties, they will act on the ad hoc decision of Ford-Kenya.

& # 39; & # 39; For now, these threats are smoke and reflect theaters that do not directly and openly ask for political expediency, "Mbadi said.

He said that the Coalition will not tolerate a unilateral statement "where someone wakes up in the morning and reacts with emotions that the coalition is moribund or extinct."

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In what is likely to more tense relations between Ford-Kenya leaders and ODM, the ODM deputies allied to the coalition, said that he can not to be intimidated by Wetangula.

& # 39; & # 39; We want to treat the statement made by Wetangula with the contempt she deserves. If we are convinced that it was done by emotions, "said Mbadi

While the ODM had majority MPs in Nasa, two MPs, Elisha Odhiambo (Gem) and Samwel Atandi (Alego Usonga), participated in the debate saying that they were tired of the threats of Ford-Kenya.

& # 39; & # 39; We continue to be threatened by Wetangula and its members who have either left NASA or the coalition is dead or is heading for political oblivion.

"It is high time now that Ford-Kenya leaders respond to their threats by taking the necessary legal steps to formally leave the coalition, if they wish," said Odhiambo.

He added: & # 39; & # 39; I want to declare my keen interest in taking the position of minority bad MP owned by Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa of Ford-Kenya, "he told reporters in Kisumu.

Speaking at the Standard's office, Odhiambo said he would urge fellow MPs to take a seat.

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& # 39; & # 39; We can not continue to get people to stay in a coalition that they seem disinterested to stay. It was a coalition of volunteer parties, "he explained.

But what they continue to hear or testify in the public discourse are statements mixed with total disregard and respect towards the other parties that make up NASA and its leaders, they said. .

& # 39; & # 39; That Wetangula outweighs his deputies and asks them to resign from House committees and to pave the way for me and others to get the job done, we're ready, "he said. said Odhiambo.

ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna also sent a bold message to the leader of the Ford-Kenya party to make formal complaints to the Registrar of Political Parties.

"We remind Wetangula that coalitions are not dissolved at village funerals and barazas, but as an experienced lawyer, he should write to the clerk to remove his name," he said. said.

He then dared Mr. Wetangula to ask his party members in parliament to give up positions that they acquired by the mere fact that they were at NASA.

MP Gem said the Ford-Kenya boss was only a veiled reference to the famous handshake between NASA Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta.

And Atandi posed, "Why is it only Ford-Kenya complaining while others are quite ?, saying that they can not be withheld in ransom by a marginal party.

Although ODM leaders claimed that they did not want NASA to dissolve, the circumstances might leave them little options or choices to decide on their future holiday.

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But Atandi alleged: "…" Wetangula would be driven by the 2022 estate policy alleging that he was suspected of getting warm to Vice President William Ruto. & # 39; & # 39;
Wetangula said Monday that NASA was dead and its political party was no longer part of the Coalition.

Sifuna and Mbadi claimed that Wetangula was still unhappy with the NASA leader and ODM Raila Odinga, who chose to bury the hatchet with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Just recently, in Kisumu, the head of the Amani National Congress Party (MNA), Musalia Mudavadi, said the super-Alliance was not about to bend despite their differences.

Despite the events of the last three months that have seen some of its leaders criticize Raila for meeting President Kenyatta without involving them, NASA is intact.

He explained that after the discredited elections of 2017, the country found itself at a crossroads on the way forward to resolve electoral and governance issues.
"The ANC remains dedicated to NASA's vision of making Kenya a super nation among the nations of the world," he said. NASA had its vision for Kenyans.

& # 39; & # 39; Our pursuit of NASA's vision and dream has been blocked by imperfect elections. Our hope and commitment remain. The ANC will keep the candle lit, "he said.

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Mudavadi claimed that NASA was still intact and that they had agreed in principle to embark on promoting the aforementioned reforms after the elections.

These included the restructuring of the executive, but when one of NASA's directors says something about the reforms with which they do not agree, they have the right to do so. ;oppose.