ADVERTISEMENT Siaya Governor James Orengo finds himself precariously balanced on a political tightrope, his fierce national stand against President William Ruto’s influence over the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) clashing dramatically with mounting isolation and impeachment threats back home.
As a veteran opposition stalwart, Orengo has emerged as a defiant figurehead in the fractured ODM landscape. Leading the so-called “Orengo-Sifuna-Babu wing”—aligned with ousted Secretary General Edwin Sifuna and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino—he rails against what he calls Ruto’s attempts to “take ODM hostage” through parallel meetings at State House and elsewhere. Orengo accuses the President of orchestrating the party’s internal chaos, sidelining key figures, and undermining its independence in the post-Raila Odinga era.
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