Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba has said that the reason ODM labelled him a traitor was that he was trying to rise in the ranks of the party contrary to a section of ODM leaders.
“The reason I have become a traitor is because they never expected a Luhya, just like Mudavadi to rise in the party," Ababu said.
"They expected us to applaud, follow and support them forever. I became an enemy when they realised I was poised to win the position,” he added.
In July, Namwamba resigned from the Orange party citing frustration and betrayal by party leader Raila Odinga and his close allies in the party.
This was followed by speculations from the ODM faithfuls that Namwamba would join the Jubilee party, something the Budalangi lawmaker dismissed saying he would chart his own political path.
The party has however accused him of being insincere and labelled him a Jubilee ‘mole’.