From Sh12b party funds to DP slot: Inside ODM's tough demands for 2027 coalition talks with UDA

(L) Blue Economy CS Hassan Joho, ODM Deputy Party Leader Simba Arati, and his counterpart Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir during the ODM retreat, Mombasa, May 4, 2026. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Fears over waning political influence and demands for the Sh12 billion in political parties’ funding owed by the government dominated the ongoing ODM retreat in Mombasa.