ODM to review cooperation deal with Ruto
By Arnold Ngure, July 20, 2025ODM Party leader Raila Odinga has revealed that his party is compiling a report to assess whether their demands for entering a working agreement with President William Ruto’s UDA Party have been met.
In an interview at his Karen residence on Sunday, July 20, 2025, Raila disclosed that ODM had formed a task force to investigate whether their terms for entering a pact with the government were being implemented or not.
“We are going to do an analysis of the implementation of the 10-point agenda. We have set up a taskforce to see how they have been implemented, what has been implemented, and what has not been implemented in the 10-point agenda, and shortly, a report is going to be issued by the taskforce,” Raila said.
10-point agenda
During their signing of the working agreement on March 7, 2025, Raila presented his conditions in what was then known as the 10-point agenda.
Among the issues in the 10-point agenda was the implementation of the NADCO report. The bipartisan report had recommended, among other issues, addressing the cost of living, reconstituting the IEBC, implementing the two-thirds gender rule, and auditing the 2022 election.
The report also recommended the creation of the office of the official opposition leader and the office of the prime minister.
Abductions and freedoms
The ten-point agenda equally included the inclusion of ODM members in government appointments, which has been seen in representation in the cabinet and other state agencies.
What remains to be seen is the economic investment in the youth and strengthening of devolution, which were issues in the agreement.
Also, the agreement set to leadership and integrity in governance with the aim of stopping opulence by state officers.
It also sought to protect the right to peaceful protest and to facilitate the compensation of victims of police brutality in both the 2023 and 2024 protests.
The agenda equally included a public audit of the national debts, how they were used, and a commitment to fight corruption.
It also included an end to abductions, press freedom, and a return to constitutionalism.