ODM party has responded to calls for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to quit local politics following his appointment as Africa Union envoy.
Mr Odinga was last week appointed the High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa.
1/3: We, @ForeignOfficeKE take this early opportunity to welcome the appointment of & congratulate the former Prime Minister Rt Hon @RailaOdinga as the African Union’s High Rep of Infrastructure Development in Africa by HE @AUC_MoussaFaki, Chairperson of the AUC on 20th Oct 2018. pic.twitter.com/V8bU08PUtH
— DiplomacyKenya (@Diplomacy_Kenya) October 21, 2018
And on Sunday, more than a dozen MPs who back Deputy President William Ruto bid for presidency in 2022, urged Mr Odinga not to not mix his new job with domestic issues.
“We don’t want to hear politics of tibim and tialala anymore from him. Let him go to his new office in South Africa and work from there,” Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa.
But ODM spokesman Philip Etale said the opposition leader would continue to speak on various local issues.
Congratulations our Party Leader @RailaOdinga on his appointment as the High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa. We are proud of you.
— The ODM Party (@TheODMparty) October 20, 2018
“Nothing has changed, RailaOdinga is still the Party Leader of the The ODM party and Leader of NASA… He will talk politics as he has always done his new appointment notwithstanding,” Mr Etale said in a tweet.