{"id":14322,"date":"2020-09-13T17:57:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T17:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=14322"},"modified":"2020-09-13T17:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T17:57:26","slug":"drama-as-police-disrupt-ford-kenya-meeting-disperse-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/drama-as-police-disrupt-ford-kenya-meeting-disperse-officials","title":{"rendered":"Drama as police disrupt Ford Kenya meeting, disperse officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Ignatius Odanga<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A meeting convened by Ford Kenya at a Busia hotel on Sunday ended in disarray after police stormed the venue and ordered those in attendance to leave.<\/p>\n<p>The law enforcers led by Busia police boss Julius Lingole maintained that the meeting was illegal after conveners failed to notify the police.\u00a0The meeting had been convened by party national organising secretary Chris Mandu Mandu to expel renegade party members Cynthia Mutere and Chris Barasa.\u00a0Efforts by Mandu Mandu to plead with police to allow them to hold the meeting landed in deaf ears as they were ordered to leave the venue with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media outside the Laudrop hotel, Busia County FK chairman Emmanuel Osore said they had resolved to expel Mutere, a nominated MCA and Barasa for not toeing the line.\u00a0Mutere and Barasa are allied to Kanduyi MP Wafula Wamunyinyi\u2019s FK faction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two (Mutere and Barasa) are hereby expelled from the party for going against the constitution of Ford Kenya,\u201d said Mr Osore, adding that,\u201d We only have one Party Leader in Moses Wetang\u2019ula and all of us must pledge our allegiance to him.\u201d\u00a0Mandu Mandu accused police officers of being selective when enforcing Covid-19 regulation.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOur meeting was not illegal, we met to discuss matters within our party only for police to appear and asked us to leave the venue,\u201d said Mandu Mandu.<\/p>\n<p>Lingole, however, said the\u00a0Ford Kenya\u00a0officials never bothered to seek police permission before holding the meeting.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt is always good for someone to come to the office and get permission, nobody would deny you the permission,\u201d said Lingole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we realise a meeting is taking place within our jurisdiction yet we have not been informed, we have no otherwise but to stop it.\u201d\u00a0Ford Kenya has dogged by internal wrangles after Wamunyinyi\u2019s faction tried to oust Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang\u2019ula as the party leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Ignatius Odanga AfricaPress-Kenya: A meeting convened by Ford Kenya at a Busia hotel on Sunday ended in disarray after police stormed the venue and ordered those in attendance to leave. 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