'Sisi ni Sifuna' heralds generational shift that eclipses ODM's future

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna accompanied by other ODM party members when he addressed the media after removal as the Party Secretary General on February 12, 2026. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

The long-expected ouster of Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna from the helm of the Orange Democratic Movement, whose origins, by the way, draw inspiration from a similar outfit in Ukraine, has spurred a funky slogan: “Sisi ndio Sifuna.”

It builds on the leitmotif that the ousted ODM Secretary General popularised: “Mimi Ndio Sifuna,” he would declare in a self-introduction that performed a variety of subtle but nuanced political manoeuvres.