Lurambi ODM winning team members celebrate their victory in Kakamega streets after participating in their branch elections held at Kakamega social hall on April 9, 2025. [Benjamin Sakwa Standard]
Confusion, parallel polls by rival party members and pockets of violence rocked ODM party grassroots elections in several parts of the country, presenting party leader Raila Odinga with a fresh headache on how to pacify the party.
While in some places, members adopted consensus to settle on leaders, others were total chaos as sibling rivalries rocked the exercise.