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...
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Orange Democratic Movement General Secretary Edwin Sifuna has stepped up his attacks on the deal between his party leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto...
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ODM Secretary-General and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna leads a populist faction urging Odinga to sever ties with Ruto over police killings and abductions...
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The ODM is still split between its youthful wing – led by party Secretary-General and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna who bitterly opposes Ruto – and the older guard happy to take government jobs and patronage...
Vol 66 No 7 |
- KENYA
- WHO'S WHO
Edwin Sifuna Secretary-General of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and Senator for Nairobi County has cut a frustrated figure during the political manoeuvring that followed last June's Generation Z-led protests against Kenya's political class...
There will be no formal political coalition between the ODM and Ruto's UDA a detail likely to appease ODM factions led by party Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna whose name is on the Framework Agreement and who have been deeply sceptical about any alliance with Ruto...
Yet a faction in the ODM led by Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna opposes a coalition...
ODM's Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna a Nairobi senator wanted the party to seize the momentum of the Gen Z movement and led a sizeable faction who opposed ODM taking its five ministries...
Of the other four party Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna has been a vocal critic of Odinga's decision to join a unity government led by President William Ruto while Siaya governor James Orengo another long-time Odinga ally was also deeply critical of the idea until the eleventh hour (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price )...
Party Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna also a Senator and one of the party's few young talents insisted that the ODM was not negotiating with Ruto for cabinet posts (AC Vol 65 No 15 Ruto struggles to regain control)...