ODM secretary general Edwin Sifuna told the Star the reorganisation of the Secretariat has been ongoing as recommended by the taskforce report. Raila fired the Judy Pareno-led Elections Board that had been accused of bungling party nominations, leading to ODM's poor showing in the 2017 General Election. On the disciplinary panel, which is supposed to ensure order among members, Raila brought on board people with wide-ranging legal, political and academic knowledge. In the 2017 elections, the party’s primaries, especially in its stronghold of Nyanza, were chaotic and many popular losers cried foul. On Wednesday ODM national chairman John Mbadi denied any plans to reconstitute the party’s Secretariat in the near future.

Source: The Star August 13, 2020 02:15 UTC