How Oketch Salah became a key voice in ODM almost overnight

Oketch Salah distributing food to West Pokot. [Courtesy]

He cuts the figure of a polished businessman and a man unafraid to take risks, but enjoying the trappings of power and the posh life that money can attract. But beneath this demeanour, mystery surrounds the identity of political operative Oketch Salah and his sudden rise to political stardom.

In the last three months, he has been a mainstay in the country’s political architecture, enjoying the company of the country’s political elite as he makes his own baby steps into the murky waters of politics and pulling strings for ODM.