Orange Democratic Movement secretary general Peter Anyang' Nyong'o and the party's Executive Director Janet Ongera. ODM postponed its grassroots elections May 24, 2011. FILE
By NATION Reporter
Posted Tuesday, May 24 2011 at 13:52
Posted Tuesday, May 24 2011 at 13:52
The Orange Democratic Movement has postponed its grassroots elections.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s office announced Tuesday that it was postponing the elections for a week to enable its branches in Western and Nairobi to prepare adequately as they had spent most of their energies in the Ikolomani and Kamukunji campaigns respectively.
Mr Odinga is also the ODM party leader.
ODM's Ikolomani candidate Bernard Shinali was defeated by former MP Boni Khalwale in Monday's poll while the Kamukunji mini poll was called off after a court ordered it stopped.
“Some branches like Nairobi and Western had concentrated their efforts on the Kamukunji and Ikolomani by-elections and had therefore not put in place proper mechanisms for the elections,” the party said.
It announced that the polls would now be held between June 3 to June 6.
They had been scheduled for this weekend.
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