Kenya Kwanza, ODM to review 10-point plan

President William Ruto and ODM leader Oburu Odinga at a previous event. [File Courtesy]

The Kenya Kwanza Alliance and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) will hold a joint Parliamentary Group meeting on Tuesday to receive and review the 10-Point Agenda report signed between the two parties last year.

The meeting comes amid criticism from some ODM members, who say it departs from the spirit of the original agreement.

According to a communication from the Leader of the Majority party in the National Assembly, Kimani Ichung’wah, the joint Parliamentary Group meeting will focus on receiving and reviewing the 10-Point Agenda report, as resolved during the recent Parliamentary Group meeting, and deliberating on the policy implications of its resolutions.

“It will also discuss other emerging national matters and parliamentary priorities within the framework of the broad-based engagement,” reads a memo from Ichung’wah to MPs under the broad-based government arrangement.

Notably, the agreement between ODM and UDA was signed on March 7, 2025, establishing a 10-Point Reform Agenda aimed at addressing governance concerns and stabilising the political environment following months of largely youth-led protests.

Key issues included implementing the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report, protecting devolution, tackling corruption, empowering the youth, safeguarding civil liberties and ending abductions and extrajudicial killings.

At the time, former ODM leader Raila Odinga framed the agreement as a national reform framework rather than a political coalition with the government.

The agreement later led to the formation of a technical committee in August 2025, tasked with monitoring the implementation of the reforms and compiling a progress report. The one-year timeframe for implementing the agreement between the two parties lapsed yesterday.

Even before the report is made public, stakeholders have criticised both the implementation process and the manner in which the findings are to be unveiled.

Vihiga County Senator Godfrey Osotsi yesterday condemned the five-member committee tasked with implementing the agreement, which includes Agnes Zani, Fatuma Ibrahim, Kevin Kiarie, Gabriel Oguda and Javas Bigambo.

“The Agnes Zani-led committee is a fraud and represents a betrayal of Kenyans. It was supposed to give periodic reports to both party principals and Parliamentary Group meetings, but that never happened,” he said.

Osotsi claimed that President Ruto never intended to establish the committee, which is why it remained inactive until after Raila’s death. He noted that the committee has only conducted one meaningful public participation meeting in Kisumu, despite expectations to tour all counties.

The memorandum of understanding that created the five-member team to oversee the 10-Point Agenda was formalised through a joint communiqué signed by President Ruto and Raila (now deceased) at KICC on March 7, 2025.

A joint secretariat, co-led by Executive Secretaries from UDA and ODM, was also established to support the committee’s operations. The committee was to be fully funded and facilitated by both parties.

In executing its mandate under the guidance of the two principals, the committee was expected to undertake inclusive and extensive consultations with the public and all relevant stakeholders.

This was to include arms of government, government departments, independent commissions, civil society, religious institutions, and the private sector, ensuring that the implementation of the MoU was informed by diverse perspectives and addressed the needs and aspirations of all Kenyans.

The committee was to commence its work immediately, submitting progress reports to the principals every two months and to the joint Kenya Kwanza–ODM Parliamentary Group on a quarterly basis.

The Parliamentary Group was expected to hold its first meeting on August 18, 2025, while a final comprehensive report detailing the status of the MoU was scheduled for public release on March 7, 2026, marking the one-year anniversary of its signing.

ODM Secretary General  Edwin Sifuna also criticised plans to present the report in a closed-door meeting.

Sifuna accused the implementation committee of departing from the spirit of the agreement.