{"id":12684,"date":"2020-08-12T18:25:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=12684"},"modified":"2020-08-12T18:25:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:25:32","slug":"2022-raila-purges-top-odm-organ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/2022-raila-purges-top-odm-organ","title":{"rendered":"2022: Raila purges top ODM organ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Authors:\u00a0Moses Nyamori and Roselyne Obala<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> ODM leader Raila Odinga (<strong>pictured<\/strong>) has kicked off a ruthless purge targeting key party organs informed by the push to end recurrent bungled party primaries.\u00a0The party yesterday disbanded the National Elections Board (NEB) and Party National Disciplinary Committee, and constituted them a fresh.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to kick out the two teams led by NEB chair Judith Pareno and Fred Athuok (disciplinary committee chair) is part of a clean-up exercise initiated by the party as it implements an internal task force report that indicted the secretariat for presiding over chaotic nominations.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, the party settled on the task force chairperson Catherine Mumma to lead the election board while Prof Ben Sihanya will now take over from Athuok.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese changes have resulted from wide consultation with our membership and we now wish to urge our members across the country to support the new teams as they seek to better our party,\u201d said Sifuna.<\/p>\n<p>The report, which singled out the party\u2019s nomination process as a sham, was tabled before the National Executive Committee in a meeting chaired by Raila in Nakuru mid last year. The report had recommended a ruthless surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are thought to be in the business of deliberately staging chaotic and violent elections as a way of facilitating favourites to end up as ODM nominees for elections,\u201d the report reads.\u00a0\u201cODM should consider an objective formula to ensure it nominates the strongest candidates, who meet all requirements for nomination for every elective position.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The secretariat, headed by Executive Director Oduor Ong\u2019wen and NEB have been blamed for bungled party nominations that have seen the popularity of the one-time Kenya\u2019s largest political outfit dwindle.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2007 General Election, ODM wave was felt across the country.\u00a0Late last year, during a charged meeting at the party\u2019s new headquarters in Nairobi, deputy party leader and Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya confronted Raila and told him to crash nomination cartels.<\/p>\n<p>He demanded that the \u201ccartels within the two organs\u201d be kicked out before the next General Election if the party was keen on regaining its popularity.\u00a0Oparanya had claimed some officials were using their positions to manipulate nomination results, which had pushed popular candidates to rival parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of our people went independent because they were fed up with our systems. Let us be a democratic party. If someone wins, let them be given their certificates,\u201d Oparanya said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to deal with the cartels in the system. This is the time to strengthen our secretariat. Let\u2019s implement everything in the report if we are to move on as a party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the last poll, ODM lost crucial seats following bungled nominations that saw members quit to run as independents and proceeded to floor the party\u2019s candidates.\u00a0MPs Mohammed Ali (Nyali), Shakeel Shabir (Kisumu East) are some of the candidates who won after losing ODM nominations.<\/p>\n<p>The task force report had established that party primaries remain ODM\u2019s biggest undoing, declaring the process \u201clacks credibility and is not free and fair\u201d.\u00a0The report said the party had weak nomination rules and don\u2019t meet the requirements of the electoral commission.<\/p>\n<p>Those interviewed complained about the party nomination processes, which they felt were an avenue for sharing slots among members of the sub-committee that was entrusted with managing the list.<\/p>\n<p>They also claimed some of those nominated in the past were not members of the party. Some loyal party members lose out in the nominations due to vested interests at play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nomination of relatives and friends of the nominating committee members and relatives of members of the secretariat was not taken kindly by most interviewees,\u201d reads the report.<\/p>\n<p>The new NEB consist of Prof Mumma (chair), Abdulahi Diriye, Richard Tairo, Syntei Nchoe and Emily Awita as members while the disciplinary team will now be composed of Prof Sihanya (chair), Ramadhani Abubakar, Mumbi Ngaru, Seth Kakusye and Florence Omosa as members.\u00a0The changes were adopted by the party\u2019s Central Management Committee that was chaired by Raila yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new members of the two committees will be in office for a term of five years. It is our expectation that the new members will begin work immediately as they will find their in-trays full,\u201d said Sifuna.<\/p>\n<p>ODM chairman John Mbadi yesterday confirmed the changes were in line with the recommendations by the task force report.\u00a0The new NEB is expected to settle and begin plans for the party grassroots elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors:\u00a0Moses Nyamori and Roselyne Obala AfricaPress-Kenya: ODM leader Raila Odinga (pictured) has kicked off a ruthless purge targeting key party organs informed by the push to end recurrent bungled party primaries.\u00a0The party yesterday disbanded the National Elections Board (NEB) and Party National Disciplinary Committee, and constituted them a fresh. 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