The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has denied reports that it has commenced plans to exit the Azimio la Umoja coalition.
In a statement dated Thursday, the party led by Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, flagged a letter purportedly indicating their plans to withdraw from the Azimio agreement as fake.
ODM maintained that it was still in the coalition urging members of the public to ignore the letter.
"Only fake minds, fake things," the party clarified.
The leading opposition party issued the response after the letter went viral on social media, making it to trend for the better part of the day.
According to the fake letter addressed to the Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu, ODM was alleged to have cited distrust among coalition members as the reason behind their decision to leave the coalition chaired by Former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Notably, the letter emerged amidst a fallout between Raila's close allies and leaders from the Azimio constituent parties.
In particular, Raila's close aide, Makau Mutua recently called on Jubilee Party Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni and Narc Kenya Party leader Martha Karua to leave the coalition over their stance on the National Dialogue Committee (bipartisan) report.
ODM had endorsed the report, while other coalition leaders like Karua expressed their dissent over the report.
"I will take my brother Jeremiah Kioni seriously when he and his Kamwene siblings organise Maandamano in the Mountain," Matua stated.
His remarks forced Kioni to hit back, sparking tensions in the coalition which has been marred with distrust and rise of splinter groups after Raila lost the election to President William Ruto.
"It's unfortunate that some busybodies led by Makau Mutua have set ‘maandamano’ as a standard to measure loyalty or respect granted to individuals in Azimio," Kioni responded.
Both Uhuru and Raila are yet to address the differences among their members publicly.
