ODM secretary general Edwin Sifuna has restated the political outfit's position to take disciplinary action against the members of parliament who either voted in favour of the Finance Bill 2023, or missed the sitting.
Speaking at a function in Bungoma county, Sifuna faulted the lawmakers for refusing to stand with the people.
The youthful politician who represents Nairobi county in the Senate further took issue with the MPs allied to his party who chose to skip the voting for various reasons.
Sifuna said no excuse as to why the MPs were absent during the debate would be admitted, explaining that representation is the key reason they were elected.
He said the lawmakers in question had already been summoned before the ODM's internal disciplinary team.
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"We have served them with letters, we don't want such leaders in our party. There are those who went missing on the voting day and are now coming to us with letters full of excuses. They were elected for one reason, to represent and vote in favour of Kenyans," said Sifuna.
The controversial bill sailed through on June 14 when 176 MPs voted in its favour.
Only 81 legislators unsuccessfully strived to shoot it down.
The bill would precede the presentation of the 2023/24 Kenya Kwanza's maiden budget that stands at KSh 3.6 trillion.
Reacting on the turn of events in the National Assembly, Mumias East MP Peter Salasya faulted the leader of the minority side for failing to mobilise members to vote.
Salasya claimed Opiyo Wandayi did very less to prepare his side for the vote.
He said they were misled that the vote would be taken on a later date than June 14.
The first-timer in the National Assembly was in Morocco as his counterparts debated the bill.
"The person to be blamed for Azimio's failures in the house is the minority leader. He silently agreed with Kenya Kwanza's leadership to bring voting immediately after introducing the bill. He never communicated to members to suspend their travels or even pushed to next week to mobilise our troops," said Salasya.
