Three months after the death of Raila Odinga — Kenya’s towering opposition icon who passed away on October 15, 2025 — the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is fracturing in plain sight. Yesterday, January 18, the party staged two parallel rallies: one in Nairobi’s Kibra constituency led by Raila’s youngest daughter, Winnie Odinga, and another in Kakamega led by party leader Dr. Oburu Oginga, Raila’s elder brother.
The contrasting scenes — a raucous, spontaneous crowd in Kibra versus a structured delegates’ meeting in Kakamega — have ignited speculation of an internal “coup.” But whispers in political circles point to a more explosive question: Is retired President Uhuru Kenyatta quietly backing Winnie’s faction to destabilize ODM and reshape Kenya’s opposition landscape ahead of 2027?
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