Trouble is brewing in the Orange Democratic Party(ODM) with a section of MPs accusing the party of betrayal.
Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino is accusing the Raila Odinga led party of blackmailing the youth
In a post on social media, the outspoken legislator has called out the Raila Odinga-led party over what he termed as betrayal and blackmail of the youth who have sacrificed a lot for the party for many years.
“ODM Party, so many youth and myself sacrificed a lot and used our resources in the party over the years, our pay is betrayal and blackmail. It is OK. Tomorrow is another day,” Babu said in a tweet.
His sentiments were supported by Narok Senator Ledama Olekina who said it’s time the youth in ODM demanded their rightful share of the plum jobs in the National Assembly and the Senate.
“It’s about time we demand what is ours. Enough of always being kept in arms way while others chill in their cribs and are rewarded with the lion’s share of party positions,” Olekina said.
Nominated MP John Mbadi is accusing the party of short-changing him by fronting Ugunya MP Opiyo Wandayi as Majority Leader in the National Assembly.
Mbadi lamented that the decision to pick Wandayi for the job signified that he had failed in his leadership in the party and in his tenure as Minority Leader.
“Sometimes certain decision are made against certain people and we keep quiet and people start imagining that we are comfortable,” he said.
“I am not comfortable with this decision, the stature of the ODM chairman position must be respected”.
“I can’t do the position of ODM chairman injustice by accepting that decision,” said Mbadi.
“If am the chairman in ODM and I lead the party outside then I don’t understand why when I come to the house, I am being led by someone who is my junior in the party. No democracy has such an arrangement.”
A section of the ODM MPs have also expressed reservations over the appointment of Suna East MP Junet Mohamed as the Majority Whip in the National Assembly.
The MPs argue that Junet was among leaders who failed Raila in his bid to be Kenya’s fifth president and should not have therefore been given any position in the House.
In the Senate, the coalition picked Kilifi Senator Stewart Madzayo as the coalition’s Minority Leader with Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua as his deputy.
The coalition also picked Isiolo Senator Fatuma Dullo as the Minority Whip with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna as her deputy.
The disquiet has forced ODM leader Raila Odinga to convene a crisis meeting next week to forestall a fallout.
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