The National Elections Board (NEB) wishes to update all Party members and supporters on the progress of consultations with Party officials and members on the ongoing Party’s grassroots elections. So far NEB has concluded consultations in twenty eight (28) Counties, some of which have concluded their elections while in others, the exercise is ongoing. We urge the members in these Counties to continue building consensus to ensure an all-inclusive non-adversarial elective process.
The ODM Party structures are so broad as to adequately accommodate all party interest groups. We congratulate the counties that have held their consultations and invited the NEB to receive their final consensus lists. Any County that has finalized with the harmonization process should get in touch with the NEB on 0757242495 to guide on the next steps. Please do not go to the Party’s National Secretariat to submit any lists.
The Board has received complaints in a few instances where some Party members have been excluded from the process. We strongly condemn these acts and urge our members to be vigilant and reject any process that is not consultative and inclusive.
We wish to remind all that divergent views and opinions and political rivalry among members is healthy and cannot be a basis for excluding Party members from this exercise.
NEB will not recognize any list of officials that is arrived at through unilateral processes that fail to follow the Rules. We particularly wish to urge the Counties that have not had consultations with NEB to be patient and await their turn in this exercise. The NEB also wishes to caution members against following any misinformation on this exercise by the media. The 18th September 2021 deadline that has widely been quoted is only for some Counties that agreed on this date with NEB.
The deadline for each County is agreed upon during the consultative meetings. At no given time has the NEB given a deadline for all Counties to conclude the grassroots elections. As for the Counties that the NEB is yet to visit, we urge them to continue caucusing in preparation as they wait for NEB to consult and determine when to visit. In instances where there are factions, county teams are encouraged to bring each and every group on board.
Finally, then NEB wishes to urge all supporters who have not yet registered as members to quickly do so by 30th September 2021 when the period for free membership registration will end. NOTE that ONLY REGISTERED MEMBERS can participate in party grassroots elections.Tuko Tayari!
Catherine Mukeya Mumma
CHAIRPERSON-NATIONAL ELECTIONS BOARD
