Vocal MP Claims ODM Party Is Dead, Waiting For Burial Day
Saboti MP Caleb Amisi has stated that the Orange Democratic Movement is no longer functioning properly.
The legislator urged the party leadership to solve the concerns immediately, and urged young people to respect the party’s leader, Raila Odinga.
Amisi stated that Raila should be appreciated for the democratic space he holds, even if their ideas differ.
“As we speak, we are experiencing ‘Disco Matanga’ in ODM. Basically, it is dead, we are now dancing, waiting for the burial day, that’s what is happening. Something must be done urgently,” Amisi said.
“Some of us respect former Prime Minister Raila Odinga as much as we don’t agree, you will never hear me abusing him because he has a space in history, but young people do not understand that.”
He continued: “They will abuse him on social media; some of us do not agree with him completely, but we have told him to his face what is wrong, you will never hear us abuse him.”
Caleb Amisi: ODM is Raila’s cash cow. That useless party is dead, we are waiting for the burial day! pic.twitter.com/YVbjIA1NnN
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This comes as camps of prominent ODM personalities from the Western and Nyanza regions begin to form, as Raila’s party faces its most serious threat of a split in its 22-year history.
The conflict is centered on Secretary General Edwin Sifuna’s desire that the party not back President Ruto’s re-election in 2027.
The comments were perceived as deviating from the ODM script, particularly when Raila mentioned the prospect of uniting the party behind Ruto’s re-election.
What began as a disagreement over the party’s political orientation in 2027 has escalated into open political warfare between the two blocs that form the Orange Party.
The simmering feud erupted in public over the weekend when the camps held parallel meetings in Kisumu and Kakamega counties.
In Kakamega, MPs who support Sifuna urged that the Nairobi senator, who earlier this week pronounced the political accord between President William Ruto and Raila dead, be supported.
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On the same day, Nyanza ODM brigades opened fire on Sifuna in Muhoroni constituency.
Gladys Wanga, ODM national chairman and Homa Bay Governor, led the Nyanza delegation in rebuking Sifuna over the Ruto-Raila MoU.
“Raila Odinga has never instructed us to leave the agreement. So, if you speak against the broad-based government, you’re not speaking on behalf of ODM,” Wanga said.
Raila has sought to create a Central Management Committee to address the party’s complex issues and reach a consensus.
Vocal MP Claims ODM Party Is Dead, Waiting For Burial Day
