{"id":6764,"date":"2025-12-24T08:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:50:33","slug":"tmg-politics-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/tmg-politics-72\/","title":{"rendered":"Sifuna Vows to Uphold Justice as ODM Faces Internal Rift After Odinga\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-10.59.36-AM-768x528-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-10.59.36-AM-768x528-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-23-at-10.59.36-AM-768x528-1-300x206.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">TANDAO MEDIA<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Orange Democratic Movement Secretary-General<\/strong> <strong>Edwin Sifuna has reaffirmed the party\u2019s commitment to justice and accountability amid growing internal divisions following the death of former party leader Raila Odinga.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during a public address, Sifuna emphasized that young leaders within the party are prepared to take on the mantle of leadership and uphold the core values that ODM has long championed.\u201cIt does not matter if you have built roads. If we are living in fear, we do not want those roads,\u201d Sifuna said. \u201cNo one will remove me from the truth, and no one can silence me. Even if Cyrus has gone quiet, we will still hear his voice through justice being done.\u201dHis remarks come in the wake of mounting tensions within ODM, sparked by differing views on the future of the party\u2019s political alignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Odinga\u2019s passing on October 15, 2025, some members have called for a withdrawal from the broad-based government agreement that was forged between Odinga and President William Ruto.Conversely, a faction within the party has expressed continued support for the pact and has even pledged to back President Ruto\u2019s re-election bid in 2027.The internal debate has raised questions about the direction of the party in the post-Odinga era, with leaders like Sifuna positioning themselves as defenders of the party\u2019s founding principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">AUTHOR&#8217;S PICK<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As ODM navigates this transitional period, the coming months are expected to be pivotal in determining its political trajectory and unity ahead of the next general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TANDAO MEDIA Orange Democratic Movement Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna has reaffirmed the party\u2019s commitment to justice and accountability amid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.11 - 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