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Kamukunji, Nairobi <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In one of her most forceful political interventions in recent months, H.E. Ruth Odinga<\/strong>, sister to the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, issued a blistering rebuke to what she described as \u201cemerging indiscipline and mixed loyalties\u201d within the Orange Democratic Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking at a public gathering in Kamukunji, Ruth Odinga reaffirmed Raila Odinga\u2019s last directive<\/strong> on party discipline, reminding ODM members that Secretary General Edwin W. Sifuna remains the sole official spokesperson of the party<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet it be known,\u201d she said, \u201cODM does not operate through unauthorized press briefings or backyard declarations.<\/strong> Only the Secretary General speaks for this movement. Anyone else holding press conferences of convenience does so without mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her comments, though she did not mention names, were unmistakably directed at ODM leaders who have recently made public statements perceived as sympathetic to the current national administration<\/strong>. Party insiders interpret her remarks as a pointed message to leaders such as Gladys Wanga, John Mbadi, and Robert Alai<\/em>, whom she accused of \u201cspeaking for ODM during the day and courting the State House corridors by night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruth Odinga did not mince her words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cODM is not a free-for-all. She warned that no one can claim to represent ODM while simultaneously aligning themselves with State House for personal gain or survival<\/strong>, calling such conduct \u201ca betrayal of the movement\u2019s spirit and sacrifices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her statement signals a new, uncompromising phase for the party\u2014one where loyalty will be scrutinized and public messaging tightly controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Ruth Odinga, ODM is entering a period where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rogue voices will be confronted<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mixed allegiances will be exposed<\/strong>, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n Party discipline will be enforced without apology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She closed her address with a pointed reminder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs we march toward 2027, clarity is not optional. The message was unmistakable: a shot across the bow<\/strong>, and a signal that the Odinga legacy expects unity, not political moonlighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kamukunji, Nairobi In one of her most forceful political interventions in recent months, H.E. Ruth Odinga, sister to the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, issued a blistering rebuke to what she described as \u201cemerging indiscipline and mixed loyalties\u201d within the Orange Democratic Movement. Speaking at a public gathering in Kamukunji, Ruth Odinga reaffirmed Raila …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18702,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18700\/revisions\/18702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
ODM is not a political karaoke stage.
We have rules. We have structure. We have discipline.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
ODM will not move forward with leaders who play both sides.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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