Raila Odinga moves to mend cracks in ODM as he pushes for referendum

ODM party leader Raila Odinga addresses the press after holding the Parliamentary Group meeting at the party headquarters yesterday where Saba Saba resolutions were discussed. [PHOTO: TABITHA OTWORI/STANDARD]

Kenya: Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement’s Members of Parliament dissatisfied with the way their Coalition for Reforms and Democracy is executing its work as the main Opposition, shared their frustration at being sidelined in the build-up of pressure for national referendum with their leader.

Sources said majority of the 72 ODM MPs who attended a meeting chaired by Raila at Orange House told the party leader that the referendum push would flop if the process was not “consultative and all-inclusive”.