ODM party leader Oburu Odinga and Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga during former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's memorial service at Sony Sugar Green Stadium in Awendo, Migori County, on November 6, 2025. [Anne Atieno, Standard]
Is President William Ruto the poisoned chalice in the lap of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party? ODM looks internally ruptured and bleeding, especially after the demise of Raila Odinga. If it is not dying as a political machine, is what it has stood for dying, or perhaps even dead?