Raila Odinga intervenes to calm ODM storm over Ababu Namwamba

ODM MPs allied to Ababu Namwamba address a press conference at Parliament Buildings, Wednesday. [PHOTOS:BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]

Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga stepped in to calm the raging flames of renewed factional rivalries in his party sparked by utterances attributed to Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba.

Forced by perception of rising internal tensions in ODM, which is a majority shareholder in the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy which the former Prime Minister also heads, Raila strove to downplay the magnitude of disagreements in the party as his movement pushes its agenda for a national referendum on pivotal aspects of the Constitution.