The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party on Thursday summoned all MP aspirants in Kisii County to the party’s headquarters in Nairobi.
The move came as the Raila Odinga-led party suspended nominations for MP seats in the region calling the aspirants for a meeting.
The nomination process in Kisii County had been scheduled for Thursday, April 7 (today).
Aspirants seeking elective positions in Kisii County had earlier written to the former Prime Minister asking for direct nomination.
The aspirants wanted the Orange party to spare them from going through the nomination process and instead consider the option as it was one of the ways ODM was to choose its candidates.
“The chair indicated that the party through the NEB shall conduct its primaries where there is more than one applicant for the same position through: Consensus among candidates, Party and Community representatives, direct nominations, the use of the delegates system through the Electoral College system and Universal suffrage of registered party members,” the aspirants said in a letter dated April 4.
Before the summoning of the MP aspirants, a section of ODM aspirants in Kisii County had threatened to quit the party if it did not address the issue of direct nominations.
However, ODM National Election Board (NEB) chairperson Catherine Mumma said that the party was still considering consensus among the aspirants.
