ODM remains split between its establishment wing – led by Oburu Oginga Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga and five Cabinet Secretaries in Ruto's government – and Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna's faction which wants to leave the coalition...

Party Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna insists that ODM will run its own candidate against Ruto in 2027...

An ODM Central Committee meeting in July – called to address divisions between Mining and Cooperatives Cabinet Secretaries Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya both former deputy party leaders and ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna – concluded that it would field candidates in the parliamentary gubernatorial and county elections but did not mention the presidency (AC Vol 66 No 16 Odinga's big tent politics are close to collapse)...

ODM's Babu Owino – another rabble rouser – Nairobi Senator and party secretary-general Edwin Sifuna and Dennis Waweru (defeated by Sonko in 2017) have also been touted as potential candidates...

A faction led by the party's General Secretary Edwin Sifuna wants to harness the support built by the Gen Z movement (Dispatches 28 July 2025 Sifuna goes rogue as ODM splits deepen)...

ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna one of the main critics of the Ruto pact has repeatedly said that ODM will run its own slate of candidates (AC Vol 66 No 16 Odinga's big tent politics are close to collapse)...

These statements were read to the press by ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna just days after he had publicly declared the pact ‘dead' citing a lack of government commitment...

ODM Secretary-General and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna leads a populist faction urging Odinga to sever ties with Ruto over police killings and abductions...