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How Kenyan political parties 'tamed' rogue members in 2014

NAIROBI: In 2014, political parties in a move to tame growing discontent and threats of a possible fallout among their members, put in place drastic measures for their members to toe the line or ship out.

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party hatched a plot, under former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and took a unique and unfamiliar path to deal decisively with its perceived rebels.

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