The wrangles in ODM and why you should care

Raila Odinga and Ababu Namwamba

A group of ODM members led by the chairperson of the party’s disputes resolution tribunal, Edwin Sifuna on Friday stormed the party headquarters in Nairobi and staged what appeared to be a bloodless coup. In that incident, the city advocate announced that he had taken over as the party’s secretary general.

Sifuna’s argument was that the party’s Secretary General Ababu Namwamba had absconded his duties and therefore needed to be replaced immediately. This coincidentally or otherwise, happened just a day after the Budalang’i MP had complained about being allegedly sidelined in party matters.