Leaders in defection row battle expulsion bid from Raila party

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and other party leaders meet residents during a tour of Garsen, Tana River County, yesterday. Yesterday, Lawyer Kioko Kilukumi wrote to the party’s secretary general on behalf of the 10 MPs, two governors and one deputy governor, challenging suggestions that they have defected from ODM. (PHOTO: DENNIS KAVISU/ STANDARD)

Orange party leader Raila Odinga chaired a meeting of the party’s top organ as 13 MPs and governors targeted
for expulsion fought the disciplinary action. 

The ODM central management committee meeting yesterday followed the lapsing of a seven-day ultimatum
to the defectors to explain why disciplinary action should not be taken against them.