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Kilifi North MP Gideon Mung'aro (behind) is joined by some women group and formner Cabinate Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere (left) as they dance out during a rally at the Kibaoni Primary school grounds where Coast MPs said they will stand by him in whatever circumstances. The MPs in soliderity said they will rally behind Mung'aro who was thrown out as the Minority Chief Whip in Parliament by the CORD coalition. [Photo by Gideon Maundu]
KILIFI COUNTY: Coast MPs have threatened to ditch ODM and form a regional political party ahead of the next General Election.
A charged political rally at Kibaoni in Kilifi, where the call was made, brought together 11 MPs, some from the ruling Jubilee coalition, former Cabinet Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere and Suleiman Shahbal, who lost the Mombasa gubernatorial race in the last election. They condemned the removal of Malindi North MP Gideon Mung’aro as CORD’s Minority Whip in the National Assembly.
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