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Why ODM's conformist wing is desperate for a deal with UDA

Siaya Senator Oburu Odinga. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

There is nothing ideological behind the sudden urgency by a section of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), led by party leader Oburu Oginga, to secure a pre-election pact with the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ahead of the 2027 General Election.

The move does not look like a strategy but rather panic management, particularly among beneficiaries of the broad-based arrangement within ODM.

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