In a dramatic twist shaking Kenya’s opposition politics, Ida Odinga—widely revered as Mama Ida —has thrown her weight behind embattled Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, declaring unequivocally: “Sifuna is here to stay.”
Speaking with unmistakable authority amid escalating party turmoil, Mama Ida dismissed swirling reports of Sifuna’s removal as baseless and counterproductive. “Edwin Sifuna is the SG of the party. He is the son of Raila. He is not going anywhere,” she asserted. Drawing a powerful family analogy, she added: “If your father has died, should the children be chased away from the house? If you have a disagreement in the house, people should sit down and resolve it.”
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