Kenya: ODM to Support Grassroots Elections On Nov 27

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 4 — The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is determined to preserve its grassroot elections on November 27.

The occasion’s National Elections Coordinating Committee (NECC) in a search to its members asserted that the elections will now occur at polling units in all 47 counties.

“Pursuant to this resolution, the NECC wishes to announce that the grassroots elections will be conducted on 27 November 2024 in all polling Units/Centres across the Forty-Seven (47) Counties,” learn the search by NECC chairperson Emily Awita in piece.

“That there will be elections of thirty (30) Party officials, 10 each from the three (3) Committees at each Polling Unit/Centre, namely: the Mainstream; Women League and Youth League.”

She added that the mainstream elections will consist of positions of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, Organizing Secretary, Treasurer, Girls folk Chief, Childhood Chief, and three Committee Contributors.

In an analogous intention, the Girls folk and Childhood League categories will feature elections for Chairperson, Secretary, Organizing Secretary and their deputies, Treasurer, and three Committee Contributors.

ODM had in April postponed its grass toot elections citing the heavy rain that wreaked havoc in different components of the country.