“There are people who take advantage of Otiende’s removal to create unnecessary division in the party. They invoke issues which never existed between the MP and the ODM party leadership,” Kaluma said. Kaluma said it was wrong to blame ODM because of making changes in a parliamentary committee, adding that such changes were normal procedures. Kaluma said Otiende’s removal should not be misunderstood to be punishment by ODM as some people are trying to portray it. He said Otiende still wields membership of the powerful Public Accounts Committee (PAC) committee in Parliament.

Source: Standard Digital May 09, 2021 18:06 UTC