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POLITICS ODM Chairman John Mbadi [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party chairman John Mbadi has waded into the supremacy wrangles rocking the Nairobi County Assembly. Mbadi has ordered the removal of seven MCAs involved in the ouster of minority whip Peter Imwatok during a special sitting last week. In a letter to the assembly, he called on besieged Imwatok to take action against the seven for going against the party position and acting contrary to party instructions. "As the party pursues avenues in resolving issues bedevilling the minority party in the assembly, you...

The underfire county legislators have been given three days to explain why actions should not be taken against them, failure to which the contemplated action will be taken against the seven without further reference. The seven include Lower Savannah MCA Nicholas Okumu, who was installed by the rebel group as interim minority whip last week, Kennedy Oyugi of Highrise, Kabiro’s Clarence Munga, and Fredrick Omondi of Kayole Central. Others are Mathare North MCA Jared Okode, his Ngei Ward counterpart Redson Otieno and Maurice Gari of Nairobi West. Munga and Okode were among three ODM MCAs, toge...

The discharged members include Sarang’ombe MCA Lawrence Otieno, Kabiro MCA Clarence Munga and his Mathare North counterpart Jared Okode. Mr Otieno was de-whipped from Trade and Water committees, Mr Okode from Transport, Planning and Culture committees, and Mr Munga from Implementation, ICT, Culture and Trade committees. The three “rebels” have been accused of going against party position at the assembly by siding with Jubilee Party MCAs to vote for the removal of public accounts committee (PAC) chairperson Wilfred Odalo, a fellow ODM MCA. The three appended their signatures together wit...

They are said to have signed a petition to oust Mr Odalo despite the Orange party warning against it. Another 12 Jubilee MCAs had signed the ouster petition. The de-whipping of the MCAs was communicated by ODM Minority Whip Peter Imwatok through a letter to Speaker Benson Mutura. In the letter dated May 5, Mr Imwatok stated that the three MCAs had been discharged from the committees as per Standing Order 168 (1) after being accused of misconduct. Take a quick survey and help us improve our website!Take a survey “This is due to the reported gross misconducted namely, coercing and intimidati...

THE STANDARD By Anyango Otieno | April 7th 2021 at 09:49:05 GMT +0300 Parents led by Shinyalu Mp Justus Kizito (left) at Vikutsa Primary School, Kakamega demolish structures erected at the school compound. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] Members of Parliament allied to ODM are demanding the arrest and prosecution of individuals involved in the formation of ghost schools that were used to siphon public funds. The MPs including Shinyalu MP Justus Kizito, Mathare North's Anthony Oluoch and Kwale County Woman Representative Zuleikha Hassan called on the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) a...