Here Is Why These ODM MPs Are in Trouble - List Below
- All the MPs under ODM who dissented from the party to vote in favour of the Finance Bill 2024 will be recalled
- The political outfit's leadership convened a meeting on Tuesday and resolved to initiate the process
- A total of 115 lawmakers, with 73 from ODM, toed the line of the larger Azimio La Umoja coalition, which instructed its members to reject the bill via their votes
Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Nairobi: The ODM party has announced plans to undertake the recall of lawmakers who did not toe the line as regards the Finance Bill 2024.
A total of 73 lawmakers from the ODM party constituted the 115 MPs who voted against the Finance Bill 2024. Photo: National Assembly. Source: Twitter
The opposition party addressed letters to its MPs instructing them to vote against the bill argued to have draconian tax measures.
In the first vote of the bill in its second round, 115 opposition lawmakers, 73 from the ODM party, rejected it.
The Raila Odinga-led party now wants the seven lawmakers to give up their posts before the end of their terms for what it said was a betrayal of the people.
ODM said it would initiate the process of recalling the seven.
"Sadly, a few of our members went against the wishes of the people and sided with the oppressor...the party shall initiate and lead recall processes in the following constituencies in light of the current office holders repeated violation of their sacred oath and the wishes of the electorate. Gem, Bondo, Navakholo, Kajiado Central, Ikolomani and Suba South," the party said.