ODM has strongly opposed the idea of President Uhuru Kenyatta holding a televised press conference on Jubilee party matters at State House,
Party secretaty Opiyo Wandayi said Uhuru should move the event to Jubilee's headquarters or elsewhere for the sake of national interest.
The Presidential Service Communication Unit had earlier sent a media alert on Monday that the President will make a televised announcement on Jubilee Party matters at State House, Nairobi on Tuesday.
Wandayi said such actions amount to abuse of office and said ODM shall not hesitate to invoke requisite actions as provided in the constitution.
"It must be clearly understood that the President resides in and operates from State House in his capacity as Head of State. For that matter, only those matters concerning the State should be conducted from State House," Wandayi said.
"Jubilee Party matters certainly do not concern the State and as such can not, and should not, be conducted from State House," he added.
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The Ugunja MP said: "Jubilee is not equivalent to the Kenyan State and neither is the Kenyan State, Jubilee. This distinction must be made clear and the Jubilee leadership must be compelled to understand it."
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