The Orange Democratic Movement is quietly exploring ways to mend its deepest internal rift. Senior leaders are now weighing reconciliation with the breakaway “Linda Mwananchi” faction led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, even as that group challenges its expulsion and eyes alliances beyond ODM.
The move comes as pressure builds from party trustees, Raila’s widow Ida Odinga, Luo elders and even government-aligned veterans for a united front before the National Delegates Conference scheduled for March 27. With the controversial ODM-UDA Memorandum of Understanding due to expire on March 7, the stakes are enormous for a movement that once defined Kenyan opposition politics.
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