ODM Blasts Referendum Calls, Claims Term Limit Extension Plot
Godfrey Osotsi, deputy party leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), has described the drive for a referendum as a diabolical ploy by government loyalists to extend their term in office.
According to Osotsi, ongoing conversations indicate that the referendum will seek to extend the current five-year mandate to seven years.
“I heard our fellow members from UDA in Mbale saying that they want a referendum because boundary review ilichelewa, because they want many wards,” he said.
“I read a sinister motive in that proposal because we are fighting ourselves by saying that because even when we were protesting, they refused.
“They even went to court to stop the formation of IEBC. Now they want it when it is one and half years to elections,” he added.
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“We know what you are upto. They want to increase term limits from 5 to 7 years for MCAs, MPs, Senators and the president. Are you ready for us to waste your time?”
The Vihiga Senator claimed that some of the recommendations, such as boundary revisions, are a ruse devised by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and his colleagues to divert Kenyans’ attention away from critical national concerns.
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He also urged that any referendum be held on a different date than the General Election to allow full consideration of the problems raised in the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report.
“We know your intentions and we know that we need a referendum on different issues as highlighted in the NADCO report,” he noted.
“But don’t tell us we need a referendum for boundary review. I will only accept a referendum that protects the interests of Kenyans.”
Adding, “We want us to do the basic things, which is the implementation of the 10-point agenda agreed in the broad-based government.”
ODM Blasts Referendum Calls, Claims Term Limit Extension Plot
