Today, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) will convene to discuss and engage with its members of the National Assembly who voted in favor of the Finance Bill 2024 last week.
ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna announced on Sunday that the party would hold this meeting following the final vote on the Finance Bill. He emphasized the party’s intention to address concerns regarding members who voted contrary to public expectations.
“We have scheduled a meeting for this week to agree on the names as it has to be a decision of the party,” Sifuna said.
People’s wish
On the same, he added that two MPs who violated the people’s wish would be disciplined to set an example to the rest.
“We will meet after the final vote so that we agree on the two names. You just need what we call proof of concept. We need two; one from the rural constituency and another from urban area,” he said.
He added that that was his proposal as the secretary general of the party and if the party’s central committee members feel that they can do more than two then that would be fine with him.
This follows Sifuna’s warning last week that the party will expel its legislators who will go against people’s wishes by voting in favour of the financial bill. Despite this warning, thirteen ODM legislators voted in favor of the Finance Bill and will be facing the wrath of the other legislators.
