I won’t vie on ODM ticket if pact with Ruto stays – MP Amisi

Saboti MP Caleb Amisi has said that he will not seek re-election on the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party if the working agreement with Kenya Kwanza government does not come to an end.

Speaking on Tuesday, Amisi said if the party decides to go back to its roots and champion for what it has always stood for then he may reconsider this position.

“I am a member of ODM, elected for five years. Until then, of course if ODM continues collaborating with William Ruto, then I will not seek re-election on that party. But if it gets out, and retraces its steps back to its roots, then we can now agree,” he said on Spice FM.

The legislator went on to say that there is a lot of confusion within the party and it needs to make a decision on the direction it will take.

He noted that there are supporters who are against the broadbased arrangement and those who are for it.

From where he sits, however, there is nothing to enjoy about being in the broadbased administration.

“ODM must make a decision now, there’s confusion even among its supporters, there are those who don’t agree with the broad-based agreement and those who say we have been looking for government and here it is on a silver platter lets enjoy it. What they are enjoying I don’t know it.”

Amisi said the arrangement gets ODM away from what it has always fought for and it reduces the sacrifices supporters have made over the years to nothing.

His remarks come a few days after he also claimed that the Orange party is no longer working well.

The Saboti MP called on the party leadership to address the issues urgently, calling on young people to respect the party leader Raila Odinga.

He said Raila should be respected because of the space that he holds democratically, even if they don’t agree in terms of ideologies.

“As we speak, we are experiencing ‘Disco Matanga’ in ODM. Basically, it is dead we are now dancing, waiting for the burial day, that’s what is happening. Something must be done urgently,” Amisi said.

“Some of us respect former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, as much as we don’t agree, you will never hear me abusing him because he has a space in history, but young people do not understand that. They will abuse him on social media, some of us do not agree with him completely, but we have told him to his face what is wrong, you will never hear us abuse him.”