Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna has come out to clarify that Party Leader Raila Odinga did not apply for the party’s ticket and the announcement on Thursday was all a prank to mark April Fools Day.
“Politics can be serious business. Politics is serious business every day of the calendar. Except April 1st. We took the liberty of joining in the days pranks with our communication yesterday knowing well our friends in media and politics would not know better,” Sifuna said in a statement.
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Sifuna said Raila’s long held position is that he will not discuss 2022 until after the BBI process is done.
According to the SG, the party received only two applications from Kakakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and his Mombasa counterpart Ali Hassan Joho.
“These will be processed in the usual manner by the National Elections Board,” he added