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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87397, member: 27"]
A wave of committee purges just punished ODM rebels who dared to oppose Kenya's broad-based government arrangement.

ODM dissidents booted from key committees
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[*]Caroli Omondi got yanked from the CIOC chairperson role.
[*]Ruth Odinga landed on a low-influence committee instead.
[*]Kibagendi lost his Public Investments Committee spot.
[*]Jayne Kihara got shunted to a lesser assignment.
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Loyalty is rewarded with prime spots
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[*]Gathoni Wamuchomba snagged Omondi's old CIOC seat.
[*]Boyd Were, a first-term MP, replaced Kibagendi directly.
[*]Timothy Kipchumba scored a Justice and Legal Affairs slot.
[*]George Koimburi walked away with two committee gigs.
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Party bosses aren't even being subtle
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[*]Junet Mohammed flat-out warned that dissent means demotion.
[*]Ichung'wah called Omondi out for threatening the House.
[*]Mohammed's rhetoric about being a whip went hard.
[*]Senate leadership might roll out more changes soon.
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Why certain MPs got targeted
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[*]Omondi recently became Azimio la Umoja secretary general.
[*]Odinga has been publicly backing embattled SG Edwin Sifuna.
[*]Her vocal pushback against ODM's new direction drew heat.
[*]Gachagua allies like Kihara caught strays in the reshuffle.
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