Opposition leader Raila Odinga has said that Suna East MP Junet Mohamed is in ODM to stay.
Speaking in Tana River on Tuesday, Raila said any propaganda being peddled by the media should be ignored.
He insisted that Junet remains the Orange Democratic Movement party's director of Campaigns.
"Junet hajaenda mahali. Junet Haendi mahali. Imekuwa porojo mingi ya magazeti. Kila nyumba ambapo wanaishi bwana na bibi kunaweza kuwa na tofauti ya maoni sio? Hayo ni mambo ya kawaida. Junet hajaenda mahali, hakuna mtu ambaye amemguza. Junet ndiye Director of Campaigns chama cha ODM na kiongozi katika muungano wa Azimio. Yale yote magazeti wanaandika ni porojo," Raila said.
This loosely translates to, "Junet has not gone anywhere. Junet is not going anywhere. There has been a lot of newspaper gossip. In every house where a husband and wife live, there can be a difference of opinion, right? Those are normal things. Junet has not gone anywhere, no one has chased him. Junet is the Director of Campaigns for the ODM party and a leader in the Azimio coalition. All that the newspapers write is propaganda."
The ODM leader said what the papers have been writing lately about the Suna East MP is their creation.
He added that it is similar to the claims by the media that there is a split within Azimio.
Over the weekend, a local daily reported that there was a plot by ODM to punish Junet for allegedly skipping party activities.
The reports further said that the Raila Odinga-led party had written a show-cause letter to the MP who was viewed as a darling and favourite for the opposition chief.
It also said the party had threatened to strip the Suna East MP of his minority whip post in the National Assembly.
The Suna East MP who was vocal ahead of the August 9, 2022 elections went under after the ODM boss lost the Presidency.
Junet had emerged as one of Raila's inner circle MPs who called the shots and shaped his fifth attempt at the Presidency.
But after the 2022 polls, Junet has cut an image of a private politician and hardly courts controversy as he would before in defence of the ODM party and Raila.