Presidential election 2027: Kenyan parliamentary leadership push for ODM-UDA pre-election talks
Echoing his sentiments, Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot said engaging ODM early would give the ruling party ample time to negotiate and consolidate support ahead of the next general election.
Corazon Aquino in Ida Odinga: Raila widow is a target of ODM opportunists not because she is weak but a powerful symbol of continuity
If Ida Odinga hesitates too long, others will rewrite the story, occupy the structures and sell the party cheaply. If she steps forward with clarity and restraint, she can protect Raila Odinga’s legacy – not as a dynasty, but as a living political philosophy.
Kawuor clan: Perceived rift in Jaramogi Odinga family is imaginary, public should not overplay Winnie Odinga’s actions
Omondi Odinga, Jaramogi’s son, who represented Oburu Oginga at the anniversary held at Kango ka Jaramogi, reiterated that the family has remained united since Jaramogi’s death in 1994. He noted that the public is over-playing Winnie Odinga’s political engagement and gave the assurance that her actions were not directed against her uncle.
ODM succession: Scramble for heart and soul of Kenya’s largest political party is evolving into Luo and Suba ethnic dogfight
South Nyanza is settled by the Suba – who share ancestry with the Bantu in the lacustrine region like the Luhyia, Kisii, Baganda and Basoga – while North Nyanza is settled by Luo, with Nilotic ancestry.
Some ODM and Luo leaders claim to have spoken with Raila Odinga by phone long after he’d died
No one should waste our time claiming that we should wait until 2027 to decide how to vote, especially in the presidential race. Waziri Mbadi, let us be honest with the Luo community and with ODM that we cannot produce a viable presidential candidate in 2027.
Kenya is hurtling towards self-destruction via toxic ethic rhetoric, law scholar PLO Lumumba warns
Speaking during the third African Youth Leadership Forum at Mount Kenya University on Sunday, Lumumba observed that the tribal discourse, coupled with the heightened political temperatures despite being two years away from the next general election, paints a grim picture of a nation trapped in toxic identity politics.
ODM MPs from Lake Victoria Basin resolve to support Kenya’s President Ruto beyond 2027 elections
Speaking after a Central Management Committee meeting, ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna dismissed claims of disunity and insisted that the party would uphold the late Raila Odinga’s vision of a unified and peaceful nation.
Police arrest of crime suspect, his mother and three accomplices as pistol stolen during Raila Odinga’s burial is recovered in Kisumu
Police arrested Odhiambo’s mother, Lilian Atieno Nyabende, who resurfaced moments later, to assist in investigations. The firearm was immediately secured and identified as the one stolen from Police Constable Benson Kodia Olayo, a GSU officer attached to VIP protection unit of Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa.
Acting ODM leader pledges to keep party and Luo community firmly rooted in ‘broad-based’ government
Oburu observed that, although ODM was incorporated and works with the current regime under “broad-based government” arrangement, the party is focused on building strong structures to form or be part of next regime in which it will have better bargaining power.
Baba, while you are away: Kenyan politics remains plural in form, authoritarian in soul and elections wars of conquest
Like many of his generation, Raila had inherited a political philosophy that viewed power as the precondition for justice. In his book, Not Yet Uhuru, Raila’s father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, relates how – during a stand-off between the two main African political parties at the 1962 Lancaster House negotiations over Kenya’s independence constitution – Jomo Kenyatta argued for compromise: “We had to reach a settlement. If we failed, government would be snatched from our hands. If we brought no government back with us, the people would regard it as an arch failure”.
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