Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi has been removed from his position as Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) chairperson in the county.
Kenyans.co.ke learnt the Kingi was ousted from his post and replaced with Ganze Member of Parliament Teddy Mwambire.
Governor Kingi was removed from the post over what was termed as disloyalty to the party, according to reports by Citizen Digital.
The Kilifi County boss has been calling for the formation of a political party from the coastal region.
"We want a political outfit with its roots being from the coastal region. If it's a party or a coalition it will not have candidates from the coastal region only it will have contestants from Nyanza, Western and even Central," he explained.
Mwambire had earlier stated that the ODM party had a strong support base in Kilifi and asked politicians who wanted to exit the party to leave before the 2022 General Election.
In January 2021, Kingi declared his stance stating that he would lead the coastal region into a new political outfit. The governor was joined by a section of leaders from the coastal region who backed the idea.
"The people in the region are tired of being treated like second class citizens during every poll and we demand to be recognized as we have more than 1.7 million registered voters," the governor stated.
"I thank Coastal leaders for not attending the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) launch. Coast will not be used to fill the baskets of others," the Governor remarked.
He further declared a five-month deadline for the formation of the new political party which lapsed in June 2021.
Kingi's efforts failed after leaders of three political outfits refused to collapse their parties in favour of one coastal political party.
After the failed merger, the Standard reported that ODM leader Raila Odinga advised Kingi to abandon the idea of forming a Coast-based party or coalition of parties and return to the orange party.
