Buyu: ODM-UDA talks must be party-to-party, not an ethnic deal
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KISUMU, Kenya, Nov 8 – Kisumu West MP Rosa Buyu has urged President William Ruto to treat the proposed engagement between the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) as a partnership between political parties, warning against framing it as a deal with the Luo community.
Buyu said ODM was a national political outfit with supporters drawn from different ethnic communities and should be recognised as an independent party in any negotiations with UDA.
Speaking during a Gor Mahia fans’ economic empowerment event in Nyando Constituency, Kisumu County, on Saturday, the MP said ODM’s political identity extended beyond its traditional support base in the Nyanza region.
