{"id":13193,"date":"2020-08-22T18:16:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T18:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13193"},"modified":"2020-08-22T18:16:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T18:16:04","slug":"odm-acts-on-claims-of-bias-in-kisii-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/odm-acts-on-claims-of-bias-in-kisii-assembly","title":{"rendered":"ODM acts on claims of bias in Kisii assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Authors:\u00a0Roselyne Obala and Moses Nyamori\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has moved to address discrimination concerns at the Kisii County Assembly. Party chairman John Mbadi (<strong>pictured<\/strong>) on Saturday\u00a0issued a 14-day notice to the assembly leadership following complaints of\u00a0discrimination against nominated and female MCAs.<\/p>\n<p>In separate letters dated August 17, addressed to Kisii County Assembly Majority Leader Timothy Ogugu and his deputy John Ombati, Mbadi ordered the leaders to handle the claims.<\/p>\n<p>He was responding to a complaint lodged by Deputy Majority Leader Risper Onguti.\u00a0\u201cAs a party founded on the cardinal principles of social justice and equality, we abhor any form of discrimination and it is appalling to hear allegations of members being threatened with de-whipping from positions of leadership of House committees for simply agitating for the enforcement of their constitutionally guaranteed rights,\u201d said Mbadi.<\/p>\n<p>He also affirmed that the complaint pointed to a systematic discrimination of nominated MCAs by the Majority side (ODM) when it comes to access to the recurrent budget in spite of a High Court ruling reiterating the equality of members as provide for in Article 177 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The Suba South MP reinforced ODM\u2019s commitment to affirmative action, adding that the Building Bridges Initiative also advocates for equality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKindly proceed to resolve the issue and allow the members to have a quiet enjoyment of their rights without any form of bias and proceed to furnish my office with a status report of the same within 14 days hereof,\u201d reads Mbadi&#8217;s letter.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kisii County Assembly has been cited for having a poor record in gender representation, with nominated female MCAs fighting for their space in vain. A section of female nominated MCAs have linked the suspension of MCA Caren Magara from the assembly for three months to her agitation for their rights.\u00a0Magara is the chairperson of female MCAs caucus in the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, she was allegedly assaulted by county enforcement officers within the assembly premises. \u201cHer suspension was a shock to us. She was assaulted inside the assembly precincts and the Powers and Privileges Committee that is male dominated saw it best to suspend her rather than protect her,\u201d said nominated MCA Risper Kemunto. County Assemblies Forum chairman Ndegwa Wahome has visited the Kisii Assembly to deliberate on the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors:\u00a0Roselyne Obala and Moses Nyamori\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has moved to address discrimination concerns at the Kisii County Assembly. Party chairman John Mbadi (pictured) on Saturday\u00a0issued a 14-day notice to the assembly leadership following complaints of\u00a0discrimination against nominated and female MCAs. In separate letters dated August 17, addressed to Kisii County Assembly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[3328,5320,564],"class_list":["post-13193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-john-mbadi","tag-kisii-assembly","tag-odm"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ODM acts on claims of bias in Kisii assembly - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/odm-acts-on-claims-of-bias-in-kisii-assembly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ODM acts on claims of bias in Kisii assembly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Authors:\u00a0Roselyne Obala and Moses Nyamori\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has moved to address discrimination concerns at the Kisii County Assembly. 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