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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87399, member: 27"]
A tribunal freeze just kept Edwin Sifuna planted in ODM's secretary general seat, blocking the party's attempt to swap him out.

PPDT shuts down Sifuna's ouster
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[*]Edwin Sifuna's interim orders against removal got extended.
[*]ODM cannot gazette a replacement or alter leadership records.
[*]Sifuna keeps performing all the secretary-general duties for now.
[*]Written submissions from both sides are due March 12, 2026.
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How the whole mess kicked off
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[*]ODM's NEC voted to replace Sifuna during a Mombasa meeting.
[*]Catherine Omayo was tapped as his acting replacement.
[*]Alleged disciplinary issues and conduct problems were cited.
[*]Sifuna called the move an irregular purge lacking transparency.
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Big legal questions on the table
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[*]Can the NEC unilaterally boot a secretary general without a hearing?
[*]Due-process compliance under the Fair Administrative Action Act matters.
[*]Sifuna argues his right to be heard was completely ignored.
[*]Letting the removal stand could cause irreversible governance damage.
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ODM's counter-strategy is interesting
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[*]Party leadership filed a preliminary objection against Sifuna's case.
[*]Their argument is that internal dispute mechanisms were skipped.
[*]Sifuna allegedly rushed to the tribunal without exhausting those channels.
[*]March hearings will tackle both the objection and the constitutional challenge.
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