The Executive committee of ODM-KS will meet on Saturday April 28th to discuss Party issues. Speaking to KSB, Mrs Hellen Opwapo, the Chairlady, said that ODM-KS Interim committee had completed its mandate ahead of time and that the Committee needed to organize an Annual General Meeting so that members can elect ODM-KS office ahead of the General elections in Kenya.
So far, all Officials have been working on a voluntary basis. Mrs Opwapo said that the Committee had done a fantastic job and recommended that the current leaders were fit to lead the Party. She was quick to point out that members will be free to elect anybody to lead the Party.
As the Official Spokesperson of ODM-KS, the Chairlady said that as a Party, ODM-KS has had its own internal problems and promised that once the Committee calls a member’s meeting, all issues will be laid on the table. She said that it was upon the Committee to decide on the date and time of the member’s meeting.
When pressed to name issues that have proved thorny in the Party, Mrs Opwapo said that it would be irresponsible for her to go public with any internal problems within the Party, arguing that there was a clear machinary in ODM-KS when it comes to dicsussions about thorny issues affecting the Party.
“I cannot say anything at the moment until Saturday when the Committee meets”, she told KSB.
According to the ODM-KS Constitution, it is the responsibility of the Executive committee to call member’s meetings and Mrs Opwapo appealed to members whose membership status are not up to date to ensure that they took contact with the Party to ensure that they would be able to exercise all rights including voting for the Party’s leadership when the AGM is eventually called.
On a private capacity and as a member of ODM-KS, she said that she believed that Raila Odinga should be given a chance to lead Kenya and hoped that ODM-K will nominate Mr. Odinga as the flag bearer of the Party when nominations are called.
She said that as a matter of policy, ODM-KS will support any candidate nominated by ODM-K, arguing that the principle agenda of ODM-K should be to defeat the government of President Mwai Kibaki regardless of who becomes President.
Okoth Osewe
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