On Wednesday February 24, 2026, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) moved swiftly to sideline key dissenters, stripping high-profile MPs aligned with the rebel “Linda Mwananchi” faction from influential House committees. The move, widely seen as enforcement of party discipline amid deepening internal rifts, has sparked fierce debate: is ODM, long Kenya’s most prominent multi-ethnic opposition force, sliding irreversibly into a Luo-dominated regional outfit?
The casualties were immediate and high-profile. Suba South MP Caroli Omondi was unceremoniously removed as chairperson of the powerful Constitution Implementation and Oversight Committee (CIOC) — a critical body overseeing electoral processes and constitutional matters — and demoted to the far less influential Sports and Culture Committee. His replacement? Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba, a recent convert to the broad-based government alignment.
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