Senator Murkomen Kipchumba has received a response from Orange Democratic Party secretary Edwin Sifuna regarding his sentiments over the expulsion of MPs Aisha Jumwa(Malindi) and Suleiman Dori(Msambweni).
In a fiercely written retort, Sifuna dismissed the petition arguing that there wasn’t a mechanism to facilitate an appeal of the decision of the Party’s NEC to the National Governing Council (NGC).
“The sections quoted in your letter on “appeals to the NGC” do not exist in the ODM party constitution,” read part of the statement.
Sifuna faulted the ODM rebel MPs for their stances which were divergent of the party’s political position.
Sifuna said Juma and Dori have drifted from the mother ship, adding that the matter remains an internal process between a party and its membership.
“We strongly suggest that you and your clients take time to familiarise yourselves with the constitution and rules governing the ODM to save yourselves from such ignorant misapprehensions in future,” he said.
In the letter to ODM, Murkomen said the two MPs are aware of ODM’s position to support government initiatives under the Building Bridges Initiative that arose following the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief Raila Odinga.
Do you agree with ODM or support Murkomen’s ideology over the matter?