Why Kenya needs an institutionally strong ODM party

Kakamega Governor and county  ODM Chairman Fernandes Barasa leads Delegates in a special sitting ahead of the party leader Oburu Odinga's Sunday visit. (Mumo Munuve, Standard]

There is an emerging consensus that the current leadership of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is not up to the task of managing a diverse national party.

And if this week’s rally in Kibera is anything to go by, the public is not going to cut them much slack for the obvious weaknesses.