Raila Issue Fresh Ultimatum To Jalang’o
Raila Issue Fresh Ultimatum To Jalang’o
In an attempt to get Lang’ata MP Phelix Odiwuor, also known as Jalang’o, to cooperate with the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA), former prime minister Raila Odinga has challenged him to run for reelection.The former prime minister disclosed that he had contacted the rebel MPs, telling them to run for reelection before working with the government party, during an ODM recruitment event in Nairobi on Sunday.
“We have agreed that all those elected as MPs in our parties have a term of five years. If you want to leave ODM and join UDA, then leave Parliament and return to the people to be re-elected under UDA,” He sternly stated.”In Nairobi, we have Lang’ata MP and you know the rest. We have told them that we are returning to the ground and if you get re-elected on UDA, that is fine but we must go back to the election.”
Since last year, the party has been embroiled in a tussle with the lawmakers who it accused of jumping ship to UDA.The other lawmakers include Kisumu Senator Tom Ojienda, Suba MP Caroli Omondi, Bondo MP Gideon Ochanda, and Gem MP Elisha Odhiambo.
The ODM National Executive Committee decided that the five MPs’ acts were in opposition to the official party stance, and as a result, they were all banished.The politicians soon engaged in a fight for their seats, a request that was granted by Desma Nungo, the chairperson of the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal.
Nungo declared at the time that the office of the Registrar of Political Parties was not allowed to carry out and enforce the decision of ODM by expelling the complainants as party members while the suits were being heard and decided.The MPs then said they owed no one an apology and that they had since seen President William Ruto.
They went on to say that it was acceptable to see the head of state because previous party leaders had done the same and had not been banished.In September of last year, Ruto and the team gathered at the State House.
