ODM gets last laugh as it wins Sh4 billion parties funds

ODM party leader Raila Odinga and his deputy Wycliffe Oparanya during a past National Governing Council meeting in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has been awarded Sh4.1 billion by the Court of Appeal after a protracted battle.

The three-judge bench of the Court of Appeal was however split on whether ODM should benefit from the political parties fund. The majority -- Justices Otieno Odek and Daniel Musinga -- ruled that Parliament should pay the money backdated to November 1, 2011 until the arrears are cleared.