Narc Kenya led by Martha Karua has issued a notice on its plans to exit Azimio La Umoja saying that the alliance is not tenable.
Through a letter to the alliance Secretary General Junet Mohammed, Narc Kenya noted that notice to exit is in line with the exit clause of the agreement.
“Kindly take note that our stay in Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition is not tenable due to the prevailing political developments. 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,” read the letter
- John Mbadi, Oparanya and Hassan Joho among new CS nominees
- Juja MP apologizes for receiving Ksh 2M bribe to pass Finance Bill 2024
The news comes at a time when Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka dismissed allegations that the alliance was experiencing some cracks.
Kalonzo also dismissed allegations that ODM party was planning to leave the alliance after some of its members were nominated as CSs in President William Ruto’s cabinet.
“The coalition as of today has not received an indication or a notice to give effect that ODM will be pulling out of the coalition. If that happens, we will deal with that at that time,” he said
He continued by confriming Raila Odinga as Azimio leader even though they do not agree with the decision to align with President William Ruto in what has been termed as a broad based cabinet.
“As Azimio, we note that Ruto has nominated the top leadership of one of our constituent parties ODM to his cabinet. With this move, he has attempted to destroy multiparty democracy and seized control of the parliamentary system.
Ruto’s continued cannibalization of political parties, as he has done with Jubilee and now with ODM, goes against the letter and spirit of the constitution of Kenya. It also offends the National Dialogue Committee (Nadco) report. We believe that Ruto is an existential threat to our democracy and must be resisted even as we say ‘Ruto must go’,” said Jeremiah Kioni
