Vol 67 No 20 |
- KENYA
- WHO'S WHO
Days after Raila Odinga's burial last October his son Raila Junior was formally installed as the head of the Odinga household in a traditional ceremony at Opoda Farm led by Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga...
Before an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) delegates' conference in March partly to heal the Odinga family's rifts she insisted that ODM run its own presidential candidate in 2027 and that the party's leaders should instead try to attract support from those behind ‘maandamano' (the June 2024 youth led protests) (AC Vol 67 No 2 Newsmaker: Oburu Odinga awkward caretaker)...
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The son of Siaya Senator and ODM leader Oburu Oginga and nephew of Raila Odinga Jaoko is a man in a hurry...
All the signs are that ODM will be swallowed as part of a new party despite insistent denials from Oburu Odinga Raila's brother and leader of the proposed outfit...
The rally was a show of strength by the ODM and its top brass including interim leader Oburu Odinga and party chair Gladys Wanga...
The SDC held at the Jamhuri Sports Ground in Nairobi was a success for Oburu Odinga the interim leader of ODM since the death of his brother the party's founder Raila Odinga last October...
But it's also a high-risk strategy for ODM's interim leader Oburu Odinga who wants to bind ODM to Ruto's UDA ahead of the August 2027 general elections...
It is far from clear that Oburu has the nous to secure near-equal status for ODM in a second-term Ruto administration (AC Vol 67 No 2 Newsmaker: Oburu Odinga awkward caretaker)...
The sacking of Edwin Sifuna as Secretary-General of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is a desperate attempt by party leader Oburu Odinga to contain divisions but risks breaking up the party and helping President William Ruto (AC Vol 67 No 2 NEWSMAKER: Oburu Odinga awkward caretaker)...
Though the ODM is still split on this question with a faction including Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna and Raila's daughter Winnie Odinga insisting that ODM should end its cooperation with Ruto and run its own presidential candidate in 2027 interim leader Oburu Odinga has been mandated to hold coalition talks with Ruto (AC Vol 67 No 2 NEWSMAKER: Oburu Odinga awkward caretaker)...
Vol 67 No 2 |
- KENYA
- WHO'S WHO
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)...
