It was logical that his older brother Oburu Odinga a Senator for Siaya County in western Kenya should step in as interim leader (AC Vol 66 No 21 Opposition colossus Odinga dies leaving succession crisis)...

Interim leader Oburu Oginga has promised that the party will decide on whether to support Ruto's re-election by June indicating that he will back a second term provided ODM gets the deputy presidency and runs its own slate of candidates for seats in the Senate and Parliament (AC Vol 66 No 22 Ruto goes west as ODM ponders life after Raila)...

ODM's victories with between 65-80% of the vote suggest the party's base remains loyal to interim leader Oburu Oginga Raila's brother...

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...

That was a sharp rebuke given that her uncle Oburu Oginga is serving as the interim leader of ODM...

ODM held its first central committee meeting on 27 October with Raila's elder brother Oburu Oginga – the party's interim leader – calling for unity...

Elder brother Oburu Oginga the senator for Siaya County has been appointed interim leader while the party selects a successor...

ManoeuvresEarlier this month the opposition leader's brother Oburu Odinga hinted that he would retire touting National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi as the heir apparent for Odinga's Luo community from Nyanza Province...

Among those who lost in the ODM primaries are his elder brother Oburu Odinga and his rancorous cousin Jakoyo Midiwo both of whom sought parliamentary seats in Kisumu...

In Siaya his elder brother Oburu Odinga ran into problems while seeking the senatorial nomination...

In Siaya Oburu Odinga was seen as a victim of the anti-Odinga wave having to step down in favour of a party nominee who had come third...

Odinga’s elder brother Oburu Odinga (a Gusii from Kisii) was booed at a funeral in Kisii...