Elachi: Raila will never tell us to go to Wamunyoro
Dagoretti North Member of Parliament Beatrice Elachi has revealed house rules under the Orange Democratic Party led by Raila Odinga.
The legislator who spoke on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, during an interview with a local media house, revealed how the party members would often follow every direction by Raila Odinga.
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According to Elachi, whatever Raila says, all ODM members do left or right, without questioning the direction.
Elachi further revealed that, as much as Raila would often choose the direction, he would never let the members go to Wamunyoro’s political edge, which is associated with the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
“At ODM, whatever Raila says, we do left or right; we move in that direction without question. But one thing’s for sure: he would never tell us to go to Wamunyoro,” – Beatrice Elachi said.
ODM Party woes
Worth noting, Elachi’s remarks come just days after Siaya Governor James Orengo defended the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), dismissing growing public criticism that the party has lost touch with its base.
Speaking in an interview on a local TV station on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, Orengo brushed off claims that ODM is fading in influence or relevance, especially in the wake of widespread discontent over national governance issues.
“Any time when people have been on the streets on any issue, be it IEBC, problems about IEBC, probably about the budget, or about governance generally, the party that would normally come out in front with the people, even up to now, I say, is ODM,” Orengo stated.
Orengo’s remarks come after TIFA’s latest survey showed that support for the Ruto–Raila broad-based government had increased by 7 per cent.
Orengo, a long-standing politician in the Raila-led faction, stressed that ODM has never shied away from confronting the government and standing with ordinary citizens.
“Rallies any party can do, but taking issues for the people and confronting the government of the day, without issue, just to be judged on the basis of what it is: a party of the broad mass of people and a progressive party, a progressive movement,” he argued.
The county boss was initially critical of the UDA-ODM pact but later ramped up support for it after intervention from Raila. He openly differed with the party’s Politburo over association with President William Ruto.
But now, he said, much of the current political landscape, both in government and opposition, has become overly focused on the 2027 elections at the expense of addressing present-day problems.
“Compared to those parties that tend to exist around the elections only, ODM has had some challenges, for example, the big role of election time and again, and whenever ODM has tried to correct that, the debate dies,” Orengo said.
