Former Taita Taveta County Assembly acting speaker Anselm Mwadime Chao has officially defected to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) while launching a fierce critique against the assembly’s current leadership lineup.
​Chao, the current Member of County Assembly (MCA) for Mwanda Mghange ward, labeled the two month old leadership structure unfair and unrepresentative. He questioned why ODM was allocated only one leadership position despite holding the majority of seats in the county assembly, arguing that minority parties were disproportionately favored.
​Speaking in Nairobi during an ODM consultative meeting, the second-term lawmaker called on the party’s national leadership specifically Dr. Oburu Odinga to intervene and restructure the assembly’s hierarchy.
​”We need an urgent overhaul of the assembly’s leadership,” Chao stated. “It defies political logic for a party with the majority of MCAs to be sidelined with just a single post.”
​Chao, who defected from the Pamoja African Alliance (PAA), pledged his loyalty to ODM and vowed to secure a clean sweep for the party in Taita Taveta during the next general election.
He also revealed that a larger political shift is underway, noting that Werugha Ward MCA Genard Mwandau and Kasighau MCA Amos Makalo are also finalizing plans to cross over to ODM.
