The structural integrity of Kenya's most formidable opposition machinery, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), is currently facing an unprecedented existential threat. A silent but fiercely determined push is actively underway to violently reconcile heavily warring factions that threaten to permanently fracture the party. The Catastrophic Cost of Internal DivisionThe failure to secure an immediate, binding truce carries apocalyptic political consequences for the Orange party. Observers starkly note that divided loyalties fundamentally cripple ODM's crucial bargaining power in any high-level national political negotiations. Internal chaos heavily distracts the party from executing its core constitutional mandate of aggressively oversighting the current government's economic policies.

Source: The Star February 21, 2026 05:31 UTC