{"id":11515,"date":"2021-09-17T15:53:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T15:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=11515"},"modified":"2021-09-17T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T15:53:18","slug":"billionaire-jimmy-wanjigi-was-stoned-by-odm-cows-in-migori-odm-leadership-believes-he-is-a-mole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=11515","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Jimmy Wanjigi was stoned by ODM Cows in Migori. ODM Leadership believes he is a mole."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Billionaire Jimmy Wanjigi Tour came to a halt after he was attacked by ODM goons in Migori county. The billionaire has been on a tour in Nyanza province to popularize his candidature for the coming ODM Presidential primaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/wanjigi-video.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Video Billionare Jimmy Wanjigi gets stoned in Migori.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a viral video, Wanjigi has just started addressing a roadside rally from the sunroof of a four-wheel-drive vehicle when youths started hurling stones at him. A stone narrowly misses Wanjigi&#8217;s head as the youth chant Raila&#8217;s name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I say ODM, say Fagia Wote (sweep all of them),\u201d these are the remarks that seem to have infuriated a section of youth who hurled stones directly at him, missing him by a whisker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He quickly tucked back before his convoy sped off, causing panic among his entourage and handlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The businessman has been scathing in his attacks on matters of ODM internal democracy. The billionaire stormed Chungwa House a few weeks ago and demanded to face former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for the ODM Presidential primaries that will be held at Kasarani before the end of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Citizen TV, Wanjigi described Raila as one of the most formidable politicians he has known but whose glory days are over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can tell you my true belief is that he had his time and his season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, ODM leadership is not willing to take the punches anymore and is questioning Wanjigi\u2019s \u201churried manner\u201d of pushing his candidature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Party chairman John Mbadi and secretary-general Edwin Sifuna accused the businessman of dictating how the flagbearer should be picked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party will not be arm-twisted but will be guided by its election rules to pick its candidates, the duo said. Sifuna reminded Wanjigi that ODM rules allow the issuance of a direct ticket to its flagbearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Suba South MP said Wanjigi has yet to pay the Sh1 million aspirants fee and should be the last person to make demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, he should hold his horses; he is not even an ODM aspirant. He has not paid Sh1 million to be an ODM aspirant,\u201d Mbadi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The list of delegates is being compiled by the national elections board. The board will announce when the list will be ready, the campaign period for aspirants. I don\u2019t know what he is in a hurry for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe should not appear like he is running the process; he should not dictate the process. The process should be dictated by election rules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sifuna on his part barked that ODM party has four constitutional methods of choosing a flagbearer and the delegates route is just one of them. He said the party can adopt consensus, the delegates route, or a direct nomination informed by a scientific poll on aspirants\u2019 popularity on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the party can also have ODM cardholders vote directly and determine who among the spirants will fly the party\u2019s flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The party is like a club guided by laid-down rules. ODM nomination rules talk of four methods in choosing its candidate,\u201d Sifuna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe (Wanjigi) can&#8217;t come and dictate how the party operates. He is bound by the rules just like everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leaders also castigated the businessman for opening parallel party offices, terming the move a breach of the ODM constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They said any office opened without the approval of Chungwa House is not recognised as the party&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanjigi seems to be on a verge of a war with ODM leadership (Hon Mbadi, ODM Secretary Sifuna and Hon Junet) backed by men in black and ODM goons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanjigi on his part rebuked ODM Secretary Sifuna, ODM Chairman Hon. Mbadi and National Assembly Minority Leader Hon Junet Mohammed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Once you take public office, it is about service, not enrichment. We had something to do with voicing corruption in this country. Raila &amp; I have not fallen out, we are practicing democracy, he has not even announced that he is running.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Jimmy Wanjigi Tour came to a halt after he was attacked by ODM goons in Migori county. The billionaire has been on a tour in Nyanza province to popularize his candidature for the coming ODM Presidential primaries. Video Billionare Jimmy Wanjigi gets stoned in Migori. 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