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ODM summons 28 members who voted yes, abstained from Finance Bill vote

Edwin Sifuna.

ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna. He says the MPs who voted yes or abstained from Finance Bill 2023 vote have 48 hours to respond to summon and why action should not be taken against them.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has summoned its 28 members who were absent during voting on the second Reading of Finance Bill 2023, and those that voted for it, saying they had defied the party position and should be punished.

In a letter, ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna said the MPs—among them immediate former chairman John Mbadi, Rarieda’s Otiende Amollo and Embakasi East’s Babu Owino—have 48 hours to reply on why action should not be taken against them.