A storm is brewing in Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement after presidential aspirant Jimi Wanjigi issued fresh demands to the former Prime Minister.
Wanjigi, a prominent businessman, said that the party had lost direction since choosing to work with President Uhuru Kenyatta's government.
Speaking to residents of Kathageri, Embu County after a Sunday Service in the area, Wanjigi protested that the party has been marred with conman-ship and compromise, occasioned by March 9, 2018 handshake between Kenyatta and Odinga.
“This is not ODM. This is ODM of conmaship that has come in. This conmanship and pride has come in after shaking hands with UhuRuto,” said Wanjigi.
Wanjigi has therefore called Raila Odinga to come out and save the party from the imminent downfall, failure to which he will convene a delegates meeting to chart the way forward.
Wanjigi who has been a fierce critic of the Jubilee government, further warned that the administration had messed up the economy of the country, saying that the party would not associate with such failures.
“Those who have caused the country to crumble economically are now saying that they are supporting my party leader. That is not possible,” said the businessman turned politician.
Recently, Jimi Wanjigi has crisscrossed the country seeking support from ODM members to become the party’s flagbearer in the upcoming general elections.
He has maintained constant attacks against the party’s leadership over their managerial style, insisting on the need for free and fair party nominations. Wanjigi has vowed to square it out with Raila Odinga and other aspirants during the party primaries, in the search for the party’s presidential flag bearer.
The businessman was a formidable force in UhuRuto’s in 2013, where he admitted to running a parallel vote tallying center for the duo.
He later switched camps towards the 2017 general election joining the Raila-led National Super Alliance (NASA), performing a similar role of operating a parallel tallying center to that of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, (IEBC).
