MP Paul Otuoma with ODM leader Raila Odinga. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
Funyula Member of Parliament Paul Otuoma has tendered his resignation to ODM over the controversial Busia governor nominations.
Otuoma asked the Raila Odinga- led party to withdraw his membership with immediate effect.
The legislator was ODM life member number 000032 and had been issued with life membership certificate.
"I would like to resign and withdraw my membership with immediate effect," Otuoma said in a letter to the party dated April 20, 2017.
He said he will vie as an independent candidate against Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong come August 8.
"I will prepare to run as an independent candidate if that is the case. That is the only option available given the nominations deadline," he said on Wednesday.
Otuoma protested the decision of ODM’s National Elections Board to order for a repeat of the nominations in Teso South and Teso North.
"I have already made a decision to quit the Orange party after the Secretariat failed to solve our issues," Otuoma said.
The MP, however, said he supports Raila's bid for the presidency.