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Vol 66 No 16

Published 8th August 2025


Kenya

Odinga’s big tent politics are close to collapse

An ODM top official is threatening to quit – as party grandees jostle for influence in Ruto’s second term, unity is on borrowed time

The price of propping up an unpopular president is rising for veteran opposition figure and kingmaker Raila Odinga. He still wants to chart a course that preserves his status as the power behind the throne, keeps his allies in top government jobs, and maintains his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) as a distinct party.

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