{"id":9092,"date":"2021-01-29T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=9092"},"modified":"2021-01-29T10:41:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T10:41:48","slug":"odm-will-campaign-for-maendeleo-chap-chap-candidate-in-the-machakos-senatorial-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=9092","title":{"rendered":"ODM dumps Wiper and will now support Maendeleo Chap Chap candidate in the Machakos senatorial by-election."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has endorsed John Katuku of Maendeleo Chap Chap (MCC) for Machakos Senatorial by-election slated for March 18, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press briefing on Thursday, ODM Machakos county branch chairman Peter Mutuku pledged the party\u2019s support as the by-election draws closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mutuku declared the position after a meeting with the party\u2019s County leadership comprising of Branch Chairpersons from all the regions eight branches of Masinga, Yatta, Mwala, Kathiani, Kangundo,Matungulu, Machakos Town and Mavoko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-4.png 587w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-4-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We have resolved to have a cordial working relationship between the two parties &#8211; Maendeleo Chap Chap and ODM that will extend beyond the March 18th by-elections.<\/p><cite>Hon Katuku said.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/katuku-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9096\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/katuku.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=9096\" class=\"wp-image-9096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/katuku-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/katuku-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/katuku-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/katuku.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Alfred Mutua\u2019s party Maendeleo Chap Chap supported ODM\u2019s candidate Imran Okoth in Kibra by-election that was held in November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday at our ODM County Office the Maendeleo Chap Chap team has visited our office, in Machakos County, to honour their visit, we have resolved that ODM Machakos County and its members will support their candidate while still in our party hence that we are not defecting from our party. Just making a good working relationship. Our relationship will be valid even after the by-election, \u201d Mutuku announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mutua welcomed the decision saying, \u201cIndeed, this partnership will extend beyond the March 18th by-elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-5.png 566w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image-5-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has endorsed John Katuku of Maendeleo Chap Chap (MCC) for Machakos Senatorial by-election slated for March 18, 2021. In a press briefing on Thursday, ODM Machakos county branch chairman Peter Mutuku pledged the party\u2019s support as the by-election draws closer. Mutuku declared the position after a meeting with the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9092"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9101,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9092\/revisions\/9101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}