21st January, 2026
ODM is facing a familiar crisis—but this time without the figure who always kept it together. As divisions emerge over a potential cooperation deal with President Ruto’s UDA, the party is being tested in the post-Raila era. For party leader Oburu Oginga, the pressing question is whether he can manage dissent the way the late Raila Odinga once did, or whether the current cracks now threaten the party’s unity and future