A rival group, allegedly led by secretary general Ababu Namwamba, wants the East African Legislative Assembly member kicked out. A power struggle has hit ODM, delaying the hiring of new commissioners for the party’s National Elections Board. “Those forces that fought me to become secretary general did not die ... it has been a very frustrating 18 months in office,” Namwamba said in an interview last week. NEB has been accused of mismanaging ODM’s past nominations through internal structural failures that perpetuated violence. The Star has established that tension has heightened in a struggle between two camps fighting to influence the hiring of members to the party’s electoral board.

Source: The Star June 21, 2016 02:54 UTC