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Kenya’s ODM in turmoil: Sifuna ouster exposes rift over Ruto alliance

Kenya's ODM split over age, factions and 2027 political strategy. Photo @ The ODM Party/Facebook
Kenya's ODM split over age, factions and 2027 political strategy. Photo @ The ODM Party/Facebook
  • ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna removed by NEC.
  • Court halts gazettement amid deepening party divisions.

 

NAIROBI, KENYA – Kenya’s opposition Orange Democratic Movement has plunged into fresh turmoil after the dramatic removal of Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna, deepening rifts over ties with President William Ruto.

Sifuna, who also serves as Nairobi Senator, was ejected from the influential post on Wednesday, February 11, following a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in the coastal city of Mombasa.

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