Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi has called on his Nairobi counterpart Edwin Sifuna to abandon his legal battle of trying to reclaim the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary-General position.
The senator made the remarks during a funeral ceremony in Emmabwi, Emuhaya Constituency, Vihiga County, on Friday, June 26.
“Sisi tumepata kijana; Mungu ametusaidia. Edwin Sifuna, tumesema yeye ndo atakuwa ndume yetu mbele. Na Senator wenu Godfrey Osotsi, mmeona mimi nimesimama nyuma yake. Tunatembea na yeye Kenya mzima na wakenya wamekubali yeye,” Osotsi said.
Osotsi also said that the party has continued to disregard them since the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
“Ile kitu nataka kuambia Sifuna ni kwamba mimi mlinichagua nikiwa ndani ya chama cha ODM, na Sifuna pia ndani ya chama cha ODM. Lakini tangu Baba akufe, hii ODM imeonyesha sisi madharau,” the senator claimed.
“Wamesukuma Sifuna; hadi juzi korti ilisema kuwa walikosea kumuondoa mara ya kwanza, lakini siku iliyofuata wanaitisha mkutano ati wanamtoa tena kwa kiti cha secretary general. Mimi pia walinitoa. Sasa nataka kuadvise hivi, na nikirudi Nairobi nitakaa chini na Sifuna nimwambie kwamba ODM imeoza. Hakuna haja ya kwenda kutetea hiyo kiti kule kortini. Wacha iende,” Osotsi said.
Sifuna rejects ODM decision
As Osotsi is pushing for Sifuna to abandon the fight for the SG position, the Nairobi senator insisted he will continue to fight for the prestigious ODM post.
Sifuna also accused the party of repeating what he described as the same unconstitutional and procedurally flawed process that had previously been challenged in court.
“After consultation with our legal teams earlier this morning, it has been decided to once again test the propriety of the purported ouster in the courts because we are convinced it should suffer the same fate as the first one in February,” Sifuna said in a recent statement.
