{"id":13263,"date":"2020-08-23T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T19:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13263"},"modified":"2020-08-23T19:59:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T19:59:55","slug":"fresh-wrangles-mar-odm-leadership-in-homa-bay-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/fresh-wrangles-mar-odm-leadership-in-homa-bay-county","title":{"rendered":"Fresh wrangles mar ODM leadership in Homa Bay county"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0James Omoro<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Differences factions have emerged in the ODM top organ in Homa Bay county over recent leadership changes made in the office by the county coordinating committee.<\/p>\n<p>This comes barely a day after the new office bearers comprising Kasipul MP Ong\u2019ondo Were (secretary), Ndhiwa MP Martin Owino (treasurer), Kabondo Kasipul MP Eve Obara (deputy secretary) and Karachuonyo MP Adipo Okuome (deputy organising secretary) were appointed in a meeting called by county chair Gladys Wanga.<\/p>\n<p>A camp led by Party organising secretary and Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has vehemently opposed the changes, saying the meeting was only attended by the Wanga faction.\u00a0Addressing journalists in Rodi Kopany town on Saturday, Kaluma said he has also prepared his list of the officials to fill in the positions.<\/p>\n<p>In his list, former Kasipul MP Oyugi Magwanga who had returned to the party after leaving it in 2017 will retain his former post of secretary, Lake Basin Development Authority Chairman Odoyo Owidi will be the vice-chairperson while Deputy Governor Hamilton Orata will be the treasurer.\u00a0\u201cI am going to present the list to ODM headquarters for the changes to be effected,\u201d Kaluma said.<\/p>\n<p>He accused Wanga of convening the crucial meeting without inviting him.\u00a0\u201cI was only called during the meeting by Were that he was not seeing me in yet they were in my constituency.<\/p>\n<p>I consider that meeting as an informal conversation of friends,\u201d he added.\u00a0Some of the positions fell vacant after Magwanga (former secretary), former Kabondo Kasipul MP Silvance Osele (deputy secretary) and former Rangwe George Oner left the party to run as independent candidates in 2017.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOur vice-chairman Tom Dola also died, creating more vacancies in the committee,\u201d Kaluma said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lacks mandate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kaluma said Wanga has got no mandate to change party officials without consulting him arguing that the county coordinating committee was formed in a power-sharing deal after a controversial election for the committee chairmanship between Wanga and him in late 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee was formed through consensus which saw Wanga become chairperson while I became the organising secretary,\u201d he said.\u00a0He said the consensus was also used in filling other positions in the committee in which the officials were drawn from both line-ups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis committee was constituted by my line-up and Wanga\u2019s, meaning any change should be made through the consent of both of us. What they did is wrong and unacceptable,\u201d Kaluma said.\u00a0The MP said he wanted inclusivity in the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur former members who have returned to the party like Magwanga must be incorporated in the party leadership to show inclusivity. I am against any plans to bar anybody from contesting a political seat,\u201d Kaluma said.<\/p>\n<p>But Wanga accused Kaluma of being economical with the truth, saying Kaluma decided to skip the meeting despite being invited.\u00a0\u201cKaluma was sent an invitation SMS by our co-ordinator Tom Okong\u2019o. We also informed him a day before the meeting,\u201d Wanga said.<\/p>\n<p>She said they made the changes without Kaluma\u2019s consent because he failed to attend the meeting.\u00a0\u201cODM is not about Wanga or Kaluma. We made the changes as an office rather than an individual.\u00a0 We will continue with the new changes because we have no room for lone rangers,\u201d Kaluma said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0James Omoro AfricaPress-Kenya: Differences factions have emerged in the ODM top organ in Homa Bay county over recent leadership changes made in the office by the county coordinating committee. 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