NAIROBI
Martha Karua, leader of the NARC-Kenya Party, has announced her exit from the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition.
This move comes after four senior officials of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the main party in the coalition were nominated to the cabinet by President William Ruto on Wednesday.
The decision was communicated in a letter addressed to the coalition secretary general Junet Mohammed by Narc Kenya acting secretary general Asha Bashir.
“Kindly take note that our stay in Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition is not tenable due to the prevailing political developments,” she said.
“As NARC Kenya by way of this letter, we are giving notice to exit the Coalition as stipulated in the exit clause(s) in the Coalition Agreement. This notice is effective from the date of this letter.”
Notably, Karua was the presidential running mate for Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition led by opposition chief Raila Odinga.
Her letter came in the backdrop of political turbulence within the Azimio la Umoja Coalition over a dalliance with the government they had discredited.
In the latest development, Raila’s allies including ODM Deputy Party leaders Hassan Ali Joho (Ministry of Mining) and Wycliffe Oparanya (Ministry of Cooperatives) were nominated to key cabinet positions.
ODM Chairman John Mbadi (Treasury) and National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi (Ministry of Energy) were also nominated as well.
A section of leaders have come out guns blazing over the move conflicting with the outcomes, saying that the nominations were not agreed upon in both the Orange Democratic Movement and Azimio la Umoja’s Parliamentary Group Meetings.
Some ODM Members of Parliament held a press briefing on Thursday, July 25, distancing themselves from the move by some leaders to work with the Kenya Kwanza administration.
The party leader has given the conflict a wide berth, failing to confirm whether he held talks with his political nemesis or whether he was aware of the nominations they termed surprising.
The confusion and the political heat seem to have angered, Martha Karua who is a stickler for constitutionalism and a key champion of integrity.
Source: Kenyans
