Ford-K now says will work with ODM

Mr Wamalwa said that Ford Kenya was willing to work with leaders who are reciprocal saying that some people had used them.

Mr Wanjala, a former Budalang’i MP, made the strongest hint of a possible joint onslaught at the presidency between the two parties by saying they would jointly strategise for the 2012 elections.

Mr Kombo said that their visit to Bondo was not an attempt to seek a tribal alliance with the Luo community but an effort to foster harmony and create an environment where all Kenyans respect democracy and diversity of ethnicity.

The visit came at a time when the party leadership is seeking to revive the fortunes of a party which was once the official opposition party.

Over the years, the fortunes of the party have waned from the nearly 40 MPs in 1992 to a single seat in the last elections.

Mr Kombo and Mr Wamalwa told leaders to keep off their selfish interests in the constitutional debate.

“The country will not move forward if leaders from different political divides will not unite as a team towards achieving constitutional reforms,” Mr Kombo warned.

The Ford Kenya delegation later hoisted a new party flag at the Jaramogi’s mausoleum, to replace an old one that had been put in place earlier.