Azimio la Umoja party leader Raila Odinga has asked the Azimio MPs who met up with President William Ruto to resign from the party.
While speaking at the Azimio parliamentary group meeting conducted on Thursday 9 at the Maanzoni lodge in Machakos County, the opposition leader said that the MPs met with the Kenya Kwanza government without the party’s blessings and referred to them as traitors.
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“Those from Azimio meeting the Kenya Kwanza regime without the permission of their party leadership are betraying the people who elected them and should resign and seek fresh mandate if they are not happy with where they are at the moment,” Raila said.
Raila refuted the MPs’ claims of pursuing development and warned them against lying to Kenyans.
This comes barely a day after Lang ’ata MP Felix Odiwuor alias Jalang’o was prohibited from attending the meeting by Raila’s security detail after he went to see President Ruto in the State House.
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Eddy Gicheru, a member of the ODM party wrote a petition to the party’s Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna, asking him to initiate the process of expelling 7 MPs who visited State House. Among the 7 were, Kisumu senator Tom Ojienda, Gideon Ochanda, Caroli Omondi, Elisha Odhiambo, Mark Nyamita, Paul Abour, and Felix Odiwuor.
The Jubilee party secretary general Jeremiah Kioni also called out 30 jubilee party MPs who attended the State House meeting instead of the parliamentary meeting in Machakos.
Raila still stands by his decision to not want any handshake with the Kenya Kwanza administration. He argued that his handshake with former President Uhuru Kenyatta was for the good of the country, which was in a state of turmoil back then.
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He continued further by saying that it is unfortunate how Kenyans are being overly taxed when they can barely meet their basic needs and says that they (Kenyans) will soon revolt due to such injustices.
“Kenyans are currently overtaxed by the Kenya Kwanza regime and they are demanding social and economic justice since things cannot continue going on like this, that is why we are engaging citizens across the country in public barazas,” Raila said.
