{"id":2012,"date":"2024-07-28T14:20:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T14:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kituitimes.com\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2024-07-28T14:20:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T14:20:38","slug":"kalonzo-musyoka-urges-wiper-mps-to-reject-odm-cabinet-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/28\/kalonzo-musyoka-urges-wiper-mps-to-reject-odm-cabinet-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalonzo Musyoka Urges Wiper MPs to Reject ODM Cabinet Nominees."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Francis Kioko<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date 28 July 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has called on his party&#8217;s Members of Parliament to reject the appointment of ODM members nominated for Cabinet Secretary positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at Kyuso Full Gospel Church, Musyoka advised Wiper legislators to vote against the four nominees \u2013 John Mbadi, Wycliffe Oparanya, Hassan Joho, and Opiyo Wandayi \u2013 when they appear in parliament for vetting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2015\" src=\"https:\/\/kituitimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898261-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898261-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898261-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898261-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898261-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898261-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898261.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Azimio co-principal questioned the compatibility of the nominees with the government, highlighting that they had previously opposed it on grounds of oppressing Kenyans. Furthermore, Musyoka expressed his discontent over not being consulted during the nomination process, despite his significant role in the coalition. He emphasized that one of the nominees, Opiyo Wandayi, serves as the coalition\u2019s minority whip in the National Assembly, making the lack of consultation even more concerning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/kituitimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898252.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898252.jpg 400w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898252-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898252-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898252-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musyoka also declared his disinterest in joining the government as a Cabinet Secretary, stating his commitment to fighting for a better country alongside the younger generation. Criticizing ODM members for their decision to align with the Kenya Kwanza administration, Musyoka reiterated his refusal to work under President William Ruto\u2019s government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/kituitimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000898266.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2014\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Francis Kioko Date 28 July 2024 Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has called on his party&#8217;s Members<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corruption","category-newsbeat"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643.jpg",960,640,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643.jpg",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643.jpg",960,640,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643.jpg",960,640,false],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643.jpg",960,640,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722175933643-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Kambaland Times","author_link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/author\/kituitimes\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/category\/corruption\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Corruption<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/category\/newsbeat\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2017,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}