"No leader would wish to be in the opposition," Kiptanui said. The region's ODM vice chairman Micah Kigen alleged that the two leaders were bribed to decamp from ODM and cause divisions in the opposition party. An ODM official in Elgeyo Marakwet has claimed that top leaders of the ruling Jubilee coalition were behind Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba and his Funyula counterpart Paul Otuoma’s exit from the party's key posts. He said Uhuru and Ruto had a right to visit any part of the country to talk to leaders and locals, since they are the country’s national leaders. But ODM, in a rejoinder, dismissed claims that the positions were vacant as the leaders were yet to officially hand over their resignation letters.

Source: The Star July 10, 2016 07:20 UTC