Kapsaret MP Oscar Sudi has asked Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna to team up with Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka to build a stronger Opposition.
Sudi, a close ally of President William Ruto said Sifuna-who is also the ODM secretary-general, should feel free to join forces with Kalonzo.
“Edwin Sifuna as a lawyer of high repute, feel free to enjoy your constitutional right and join Kalonzo Musyoka to build a formidable opposition,” he said.
His remarks come hot on the heel of a statement by Sifuna who called for the resignation of party members who have been nominated to President William Ruto’s Cabinet.
Speaking on Citizen TV on Thursday, Sifuna said that the four ODM party members had not been recommended by the party for nomination to join Ruto’s broad-based government.
The senator said their nomination does not represent the party’s position in Ruto’s government.
Sifuna said he expects the said members to tender their resignation letters before heading to Parliament for vetting.
“I expect that by the end of the day or before they go for vetting we will receive resignations of these people from their positions in the party. This is my expectation because the law is that they cannot go into Cabinet as parties and members of political parties,” Sifuna said.
Kalonzo, a principal in Azimio, has objected to being part of Ruto’s administration.
Kalonzo indicated that being part of the proposed government of national unity will be a betrayal, especially to Gen Z and millennials.
On Thursday, Sifuna affirmed that the four names nominated by President William Ruto to Cabinet were not presented by Raila Odinga, noting that Raila is a strong believer in gender equity.
They include John Mbadi, who was nominated to the Treasury, Opiyo Wandayi, to the Energy Ministry, Hassan Joho to the Mining Ministry of Mining and Wycliffe Oparanya to the Ministry of Cooperatives.
