{"id":2177,"date":"2023-01-06T05:34:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T05:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/06\/top-odm-official-admits-ruto-is-the-president-makes-an-announcement\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T05:34:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T05:34:03","slug":"top-odm-official-admits-ruto-is-the-president-makes-an-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/06\/top-odm-official-admits-ruto-is-the-president-makes-an-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Top ODM Official Admits Ruto is the President, Makes an Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) National Chairman John Mbadi has admitted that there are no two ways about who is the country\u2019s President at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>This comes at time when some ODM bigwigs, led by the party\u2019s leader and founder Raila Odinga, are refusing to acknowledge Ruto\u2019s presidency, claiming that he was rigged in in the August 2022 election.<\/p>\n<p>But Mbadi has admitted that Ruto is the President, while announcing that as a result, leaders elected on the ODM ticket have every right to work and associate with his government.<\/p>\n<p>He has admitted that it is only this way that their people can benefit from government services and development, announcing that even ODM governors are free to work with Ruto\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cd4048ff1cec44eb8bf2899a2406ed10\"\/>\u201cWe have two level of government but eventually we have one government headed by (President) Ruto. There is no way we can isolate ourselves. Everybody pays tax so that they can get services and these services are offered by the government,\u201d he told The Star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\">But he has at the same time pointed out that this doesn\u2019t mean that they begin crossing over to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) side, stating that such will not be tolerated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\">\u201cThere is a difference between working with government and with UDA or Kenya Kwanza. If they are working with UDA, then that is political and we must call that out,\u201d\u00a0the nominated lawmaker says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\">But Raila has rejected Ruto\u2019s win, and has maintained that he is an illegitimate President who was given his (Raila) win. He has held that he was the victor of the August 9 presidential contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\">This is also the belief of Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua, who was his running mate, and who has completely refused to accept Ruto as President.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Curtis-Otieno (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>));\/**\/<\/script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) National Chairman John Mbadi has admitted that there are no two ways about who is the country\u2019s President at the moment. 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