NAIROBI, Kenya â A court on May 14 quashed an attempt by Kenya President
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Amollo Odinga to change the East African countryâs constitution.
In its ruling, a five-judge bench of the High Court said that Kenyatta acted illegally when he took the steering wheel to drive the Building Bridges Initiative to a United Kenya, the vehicle he was using to seek the constitutional changes.
Kenyatta formed the initiative following his surprise March 9, 2018, âhandshakeâ with Odinga on the steps of Harambee House, the Presidentâs office in Nairobi.
Odinga was Kenyattaâs primary challenger in the 2013 and 2017 presidential elections, marred by much violence between their supporters.
ODM declares support for Machakos Wiper candidate Hon. Agnes Kavindu
PRESS RELEASE
ODM OFFICIAL POSITION ON THE MACHAKKOS SENATORIAL BY-ELECTION
The ODM Party has over the years enjoyed a cordial working relationship with the Wiper Party of Kenya. The two parties have been partners and shared many ideologies. In the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), the ODM party and Wiper Party share the common position of a better Kenya, a United Kenya and a Prosperous Kenya. We were in CORD together and later on in NASA.
As a party, we did not front a candidate for the seat which fell vacant following the death of Senator Boniface Kabaka late last year. And therefore, in the spirit of NASA and BBI, the ODM party has resolved to rally its support behind the Wiper Party Candidate, Ms. Agnes Kavindu to become the next Senator of Machakos County.
By
Mireri Junior |
January 29th 2021 at 13:53:39 GMT +0300
Wiper party candidate for Machakos senatorial by-election Agnes Kavindu at Wiper party headquarters Karen in Nairobi. [File, Standard]
Contrary to earlier remarks by its county branch officials, ODM has declared its support for Wiper candidate in the Machakos Senatorial by-election.
In a statement by the party’s Director of Communications Philip Etale, the Orange party said it has enjoyed a cordial relationship Wiper over the years and recently in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) hence will back Agnes Kavindu in the mini-poll.
“In the BBI, the ODM party and Wiper Party share the common position of a better Kenya, a United Kenya and a Prosperous Kenya. We were in CORD together and later on in NASA,” read the statement in parts.