ODM’s Dual Game with UDA: Why Raila’s Support of Sifuna Signals a Shaky Deal
Raila's Support for Sifuna: A Calculated Signal, Not Just Party Democracy Raila Odinga’s public endorsement of Edwin Sifuna’s fierce criticism of the ODM-UDA deal is no minor footnote in Kenya’s unfolding political drama. In defending Sifuna’s comments—where the Secretary-General declared the pact with President Ruto’s UDA “dead” due to ongoing state repression—Raila was not just standing for internal democracy. He was signalling that ODM’s partnership with UDA is under severe strain, if not already broken in practice. This defence comes at a time when tensions within ODM have reached a boiling point. The arrest, abduction, and killings of Gen Z…