Raila Odinga’s ODM party may have after all succumbed to pressure on representation to influential Public Service Commission committee, a source has intimated.
Prior to Monday’s meeting, NASA affiliates among them Wiper and ANC had threatened to pull out of inauguration plans, a move that could have led the orange party to change tact.
“They raised fundamental issues and Raila has considered them with consultations. ODM shall relinquish one PSC slot to Wiper,” said the source who spoke in confidence.
Before parliament went for recess, Borabu MP Ben Momanyi had accused ODM of mistrust leading to temporary halt of submission of members to PSC.
And his determination, the source says, may have borne fruits since he is said to have been considered for the slot.
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“Wiper will be represented by Momanyi and I am yet to know who will suffer fate but it is likely to be one of ODM representatives.”
Momanyi is one of vocal Wiper MPs and is is said to be juxtapositioning himself for Nyamira governorship in 2022.
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Initially, ODM had proposed Aisha Jumwa and Gladys Wanga for the position and it is likely Raila may have sacrificed Wanga.
National Super Alliance co-leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka will be sworn in as the people’s president and deputy president on Tuesday, January 30.
In a press statement from the Organising Committee of the People’s Assembly shared by Raila’s spokesman, Dennis Onyango, the event will be the biggest ceremony witnessed in Kenya.
“We are, of course, alive to the fact that the public is very eager to hear about the swearing in of the People’s President and Deputy President. This is on course. It will be the biggest public event that Kenya has seen since independence. An Assumption of Office Committee, which is already in place and working will be unveiled in the coming days, and that Committee will be keeping you informed,”
read the statement released on Thursday, January 4.
In the past few months, the opposition brigade said they will swear in Raila as president based on the August 8 poll results, claiming he was the winner of the election but his victory was stolen by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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NASA successfully had the presidential results nullified and a repeat election ordered. Uhuru won the repeat election but NASA, after initially withdrawing from the repeat election, said they neither recognised the outcome of the ‘predetermined’ election nor Uhuru’s legitimacy in office.
Uhuru was sworn in for a second and final term on Tuesday, November 28, and later, NASA came up with plans to swear in Raila, plans to form a parallel government as well as form the People’s Assembly to agitate for Uhuru to step down.
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