Top leaders in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have differed over the party’s 2022 game plan.
Speaking on Monday during an interview on Radio Citizen, newly appointed ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna dismissed claims of forming a coalition with Deputy President William Ruto in the run-up to the 2022 polls.Sifuna said the Orange Party has no intention of teaming up with Ruto in 2022, adding that the Raila Odinga-led party is in NASA to stay.Sifuna was responding to remarks by ODM deputy party leader Wycliffe Oparanya who last week hinted that the party was looking for new political partners.“Parties come together to ascend to power. We did not get to that. And now, when we get to 2022, we will look at other parties that were not with us in 2017, because we must look for an alliance to help us win,” said Oparanya.Oparanya further urged Raila to quit politics, arguing that the National Super Alliance (NASA) was dead.Sifuna, however, dismissed Oparanya’s remarks, terming them as his personal opinion.“Every leader in ODM, who is above me in the party, is entitled to their opinion, and I cannot speak for any of them. We have no plans to move out of NASA, I have said this many times,” said Sifuna.“What we are saying is that the leaders in both ODM and NASA coalition should watch out so that we resolve the current electoral injustices before we can talk about 2022. If someone has no blood for such a course, then there is always an alternative,” he added, as quoted by Pulse Live.