Most notably Homa Bay's John Mbadi takes the Treasury a reward for Odinga's Luo community while Opiyo Wandayi gets the energy ministry (AC Vol 59 No 19 Populists hack at the budget)...
Fearing that the back bench might call for a division on the vote Majority Leader Aden Duale assisted by former Finance Minister Amos Kimunya and Minority Leader John Mbadi supported by the Minority Whip Junet Mohamed instructed those MPs who would listen to leave the chamber immediately...
Minority Leader John Mbadi who leads Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement group in Parliament argued that government over-borrowing had made Kenya vulnerable to international lenders...
This severely angered Odinga's core supporters led by the parliamentary minority leader John Mbadi Ng'ongo who called Kalonzo Mudavadi and Wetangula 'cowards' to their face...