{"id":13809,"date":"2020-09-03T17:24:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T17:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13809"},"modified":"2020-09-03T17:24:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T17:24:57","slug":"odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached","title":{"rendered":"ODM says Obado seeking sympathy, vows to have him impeached"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Betty Njeru\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) top leadership is unrelenting in its quest to initiate the process of impeaching Migori Governor Okoth Obado.<\/p>\n<p>The party has rubbished claims of a political witch hunt against the embattled governor, who is facing corruption charges.\u00a0ODM National Chairman John Mbadi said; \u201cIt Is foolhardy for Obado to attempt to claim political witch hunt.\u201d\u00a0Mbadi was speaking on Thursday at Orange House, Nairobi where he also alluded that Obado is now trying to divert attention from his crimes by seeking sympathy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe must be starved of the sympathy he fervently seeks especially from the very people he has stolen from,\u201d a stern Mbadi said.\u00a0The party believes that the case against the governor is serious enough to warrant his removal from office, adding that they do not condone corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Claims that Obado is trying to convene a cabinet meeting at his rural home tomorrow (Friday) also surfaced, which the party sees as a move to undermine his deputy who will take over, should he be impeached.\u00a0ODM also added that it will protect the 37 ward reps who have signed the petition to impeach Obado, whilst urging the government to provide security.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Tuesday, 37 of 41 MCAs agreed to back the ouster motion, after\u00a0a consultative meeting\u00a0with the party\u2019s top leadership at Chungwa House.<\/p>\n<p>Mbadi said the decision was necessitated by the fact that the Anti-Corruption Court verdict blocked Governor Obado from accessing his office.\u00a0&#8220;Due to corruption charges against Governor Obado and the decision by the court to bar him from accessing his office, the party, in consultations with County MCAs, has resolved to initiate a motion of impeachment against the governor and have his deputy take over,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charges<\/strong>\u00a0Obado and his four children, Dan Achola, Scarlet Susan, Jerry Zachary and Everline Adhiambo Zachary and other individuals have been charged with a conspiracy to defraud the Migori County government of Sh300 million.<\/p>\n<p>He was\u00a0arrested last week\u00a0in Migori alongside his family, and arraigned in court on Monday.\u00a0Obado was then\u00a0freed\u00a0on Sh8.7 million cash bail. Together with his co-accused, they face 28 charges, among them conspiracy to commit an economic crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Betty Njeru\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) top leadership is unrelenting in its quest to initiate the process of impeaching Migori Governor Okoth Obado. The party has rubbished claims of a political witch hunt against the embattled governor, who is facing corruption charges.\u00a0ODM National Chairman John Mbadi said; \u201cIt Is foolhardy for Obado to attempt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[5480,5521,5520],"class_list":["post-13809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-migori-governor-okoth-obado","tag-obado-impeachment","tag-odm-national-chairman-john-mbadi"],"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 says Obado seeking sympathy, vows to have him impeached - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) top leadership is unrelenting in its quest to initiate the process of impeaching Migori Governor\" \/>\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\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ODM says Obado seeking sympathy, vows to have him impeached\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) top leadership is unrelenting in its quest to initiate the process of impeaching Migori Governor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-03T17:24:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/raila_party_resolves5f4e90c255edc-5f51254198b76.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ODM says Obado seeking sympathy, vows to have him impeached\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-03T17:24:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached\"},\"wordCount\":373,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/raila_party_resolves5f4e90c255edc-5f51254198b76.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Migori Governor Okoth Obado\",\"Obado impeachment\",\"ODM National Chairman John Mbadi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/odm-says-obado-seeking-sympathy-vows-to-have-him-impeached\",\"name\":\"ODM says Obado seeking sympathy, vows to have him impeached - 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