Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga has taunted the ODM renegade MPs to quit the party and run for re-election if they believe they are "men enough."

If they thought they were famous, he challenged them to step down and ask for a new mandate from the people rather than flaunting their popularity.

Oburu questioned why people not afraid to run in a by-election went to court to have the ODM party dismiss them.


Ochilo Ayacko, the governor of Migori, expressed similar views when he urged ODM leader Raila Odinga to rethink his decision to pardon some rebel MPs, arguing that they, too, needed to be subjected to discipline.

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Ayacko expressed sadness that the same MPs pardoned and hit with modest punishments after their alleged interaction with the Kenya Kwanza administration were also part of the same team yesterday in Kakamega.

The officials spoke at a housewarming event for Bondo Constituency MCA Tabu Osewe, who represents West Sakwa Ward. Siaya Governor James Orengo said it is regrettable that Siaya has the most rebels.


He urged the public to stop allowing such individuals to continue defaming Raila Odinga and the ODM party, saying they should not be given any more room to follow their pattern.

The Azimio leader Raila Odinga, who attended the ceremony, said that the rebel MPs should be ignored so that they lose importance in the community.

Occasionally, talking about the rebel MPs will only give them unneeded renown, as Odinga compared them to "mad men who cannot miss in a market."