Inside ODM's plan to avoid embarrassment in make-or-break mini elections

Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir and ODM's candidate for the Kasipul parliamentary seat Boyd Were during campaigns in Kasipul on October 9, 2025. [ODM, X]

Veteran politician Raila Odinga’s ODM party is laying out elaborate strategies to avert any embarrassment in the upcoming by-elections across the country.

The polls coincide with the party’s 20th anniversary celebrations, and insiders admit that a loss would cast a shadow over the milestone and signal potential decline for a movement that once dominated its traditional strongholds.