ODM has threatened to take action against its members who will attend National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula’s meeting on Monday.
In a terse letter to its members in Kakamega, Busia, Bungoma and Vihiga counties, the opposition party instructed the leaders not to be part of the meeting.
Wetang’ula, the Star has established, has invited the region’s leaders for a meeting at his Kabuchai home.
The agenda of the meeting was not readily available to the media.
The Kabuchai meeting came a day after the President’s four-day tour of the region that was attended by opposition elected leaders.
Party executive director Oduor Ong’wen on Friday wrote to all party members in Kakamega, Busia, Bungoma and Vihiga, hinting at possible disciplinary action against those who will attend the meeting.
In the letter dated May 29 and titled ‘invitation by leader of rival party/coalition’, he said ODM is not aware of the agenda of the meeting.
“The ODM party has been informed of an informal invitation to some or all of you by the leader of Ford Kenya party Moses Wetang’ula, to a meeting on or around June 3, 2024, at his home in Kabuchai, and whose agenda is unknown to us,” the letter reads.
“I am instructed by the party leadership to inform you that attendance of such a meeting shall be subject to the ODM constitution Article 12 (1) (c) and lead to being deemed to have resigned from party membership.”
Wetang’ula has been holding fund drives in Western attended by MPs and MCAs from both Azimio and Kenya Kwanza in what has been termed "unity of purpose".
ODM and other Azimio-leaning elected leaders have been gravitating towards the Kenya Kwanza administration.
Political pundits see this as part of the wider scheme by the Ford Kenya leader to court opposition leaders to join his party ahead of the 2027 elections.
Most ODM MPs and MCAs could not be reached for comment as they neither answered calls nor responded to text messages.
Khwisero MP Christopher Aseka denied ever receiving any invite for such a meeting.
“I am not aware of such meeting. And even if it were, what will be the agenda because we are from different political formations?” he said.
