Politics
Ford-K now says will work with ODM
Ford-K chairman Musikari Kombo in consultations with party secretary for legal and constitutional affairs Eugene Wamalwa at a past event. The party now says it would be working with the ODM to push for a new constitution. Photo/FILE
PNU affiliate Ford Kenya now says it will be working with the ODM to push for a new constitution.
Party leader Musikari Kombo announced in Bondo during a visit to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga’s home that the current political dispensation had been riddled by insecurity, corruption and impunity.
He said: “We have reached a point where we have to be frank and work with like minded Kenyans”.
The announcement is likely to cause ripples within the PNU internal order, with Narc Kenya the other affiliate, already operating on its own.
The loosely cobbled outfit which the President Kibaki used to get a second term has been disintegrating as the various parties seek more influence in the government.
Earlier, ODM Secretary General Prof Anyang’ Nyongo on Monday extended an olive branch to the party, hinting they could work together in future elections.
Mr Kombo, Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa and Raphael Wanjala attended a church service in Bondo after which the visited the mausoleum of the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.
They were later hosted for lunch by Dr Oburu Oginga. Mr Kombo said that they had earlier met Prime Minister Raila Odinga who gave them the go ahead with the visit.
Prof Nyong’o said that the current crop of leadership in ODM and Ford Kenya were united in 2002 and a reunion was still a possibility.
“We were together in 2002 and if we come together, we can achieve the dream of taking Kenyans to the Promised Land in 2012,” he said.
Dr Oburu said that said that ODM was ready to work with Ford Kenya in pursuit of change.
He added that he was happy that they had renewed the vigour for change which is the party’s rallying call.
Mr Kombo said he led a party delegation to Bondo to “seek guidance from the spirit of Jaramogi on where the party had gone wrong”.
“Nothing else brought us here we just came to try and find a way forward”.
He said however that all parties had to work together to deliver a new constitution.
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Ford-K does not really exist or at least not in the way it seems. How many seats did they win in the last Kenyan general election? One, Kimilili (David Eseli Simiyu).
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this was jaramogis dream that leadership of kenya would bring in acombined efforts of western province and i applaud musikari for seeing the light and the gravity of the nation.keep up.evans onyango from greece.
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Agusa2010, I think you are not sincere. You are the same person who has been criticizing and condemning Kombo just because he is in PNU. Now that he has decided to work with ODM,he has become a patriotic Kenyan. You are one of the guys who worship ODM to the latter.To you anything that is ODM or comes from Raila is the way forward. I agree with Linda415, she has very genuine and articulate points to prove her argument.
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