He failed to groom a successor and many of his closest allies including Kisumu governor Peter Anyang Nyong'o and Siaya's James Orengo are in poor health (AC Vol 66 No 16 Odinga's big tent politics are close to collapse)...
Odinga is now expected to resume the leadership of his Orange Democratic Movement from Kisumu Governor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o...
Though Odinga has repeatedly said that winning the AUC job in Addis Ababa would mean taking a sabbatical rather than exiting Kenyan politics few doubt that interim Orange Democratic Movement leader Peter Anyang' Nyong'o would remain in office if Odinga is elected for a five-year term...
With ODM deputy leaders Hassan Ali Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya in government and reluctant to relinquish their ministries interim ODM leader Peter Anyang' Nyong'o will stay In position to maintain party unity in the short term...
‘ODM does not play second fiddle or trumpet the interest of any other political party ' said interim leader Peter Anyang' Nyong'o on 6 December while Odinga on 2 December said ODM would run its own slate of candidates in 2027 in a bid to ‘take over the leadership of the nation' though he left wiggle room on whether this meant contesting the presidency...
Kisumu governor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o father of Hollywood superstar Lupita Nyong'o will take over as leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) the party he and Odinga founded in 2005...
The council's composition has not been disclosed but Ndii is likely to play the same kind of macro-economic planning role that Peter Anyang' Nyong'o's Economic and Recovery Strategy team played in President Mwai Kibaki's first government in the early 2000s (AC Vol 53 No 1 Downturn hits election agenda)...
Meanwhile Odinga along with Kisumu's Nasa Governor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o wants a constitutional amendment to turn Kenya back into a parliamentary system an idea the Kikuyu have always opposed...
Yet even in Odinga's Nyanza where he took nearly all the votes in the presidential ballot his call for resistance was discouraged by prominent politicians such as the new governor of Kisumu Peter Anyang' Nyong'o and Odinga's cousin and confidant Washington Jakoyo Midiwo who lost the nomination for his Gem parliamentary seat to Elisha Ochieng Odhiambo a newcomer...
Across the country Kisumu Senator Professor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o will seek to unseat Governor Jack Nyanungo Ranguma in a fierce fight...