ODM secretary general Ababu Namwamba is seeking a party that will “unify western” ahead of the 2017 general election.
Ababu held a breakfast meeting on his political future with 48 MCAs from Bungoma, Vihiga, Busia, Kakamega and Trans Nzoia counties at Golf Hotel, Kakamega on Saturday.
He is looking for a party that will work with UDF leader Musalia Mudavadi, former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo and Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula, a source in the meeting told the Star.
“Ababu told us we have no future in ODM since the party is increasingly becoming a Nyanza affair and we need to explore alternative routes ahead of 2017,” another source said,
The meeting resolved to form a 21-member committee with four representatives from each county to discuss the matter.
Mahiakalo MCA Cleophas Malala asked party leader Raila Odinga to speak out on Ababu’s woes.
“We are not permanently stuck in ODM. We are not happy with the manner in which ODM is treating our leaders, there are many parties,” he said.
Nominated MCA Mohammed Noor said ODM members in the county will hold peaceful protests this week against the manner in which Ababu is being treated.
“We are watching the unfolding events and want to confirm in unequivocal terms that we shall follow Ababu wherever he goes,” he said.
This comes after the National Assembly adopted an investigative report which recommended that Ababu, embattled Public Accounts Committee chairman, be barred from a new watchdog team.
– the-star.co.ke
