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Ford-Kenya Threatens to Quit PNU
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
10 February 2008
Nairobi
Ford-Kenya has threatened to pull out from the PNU coalition over
the parliamentary nomination row.
The party would hold a meeting to review its links with PNU, two
MPs said on Saturday.
The members are against the nomination of Ms Beatrice Wasike as
the party representative and instead want their party chairman, Mr
Musikari Kombo, picked.
Kimilili MP, Dr David Eseli and Saboti MP, Mr Eugene Wamalwa, said
Ford-Kenya was not consulted over the nomination.
The two, who said they were speaking on behalf of several party
leaders, accused top PNU officials of undermining the party.
"This is not the first time we are being short-changed by PNU. As
a senior partner, our party is entitled to nominate a member and
this should be Kombo because he has sacrificed a lot for PNU,"
Wamalwa said.
Eseli said he had spoken to Kombo, and was equally at a loss how
Wasike was nominated. He said the nomination of Wasike, who comes
from his constituency, is an attempt to undermine his constituents.
"Kimilili has an MP. I will soon convene a meeting and ask my
supporters and elders to review our PNU affiliation in view of
what has happened," Eseli said.
The MPs accused a former MP of influencing Wasike's nomination.
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