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Ruth Odinga clarifies her remarks on ODM working with other parties
09th November, 2025 04:46 PM
Kisumu County Women Representative Ruth Odinga has put the record straight on the coalitions between the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and other parties following the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
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In a Facebook post on Sunday, November 9, 2025, Ruth Odinga said that she is not against the faction working with other parties, even as she pushes for a stronger ODM to contest for the country’s top seat.
“My friend, Ndhiwa MP Hon. Martin Owino ‘Wuod Chief‘ today led a powerful delegation to Kango ka Jaramogi to condole with us. I got the opportunity to explain a statement I made that has since been misreported,” the statement read in part.
“I am not against a coalition between ODM and other parties. What I keep saying is that we must have one strong ODM. We have been in the trenches, and we know what unity can do.”
This comes days after she affirmed that the ODM will contest upcoming mini-polls as an independent entity, and not in partnership with the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
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Future of ODM?
Speaking during the party’s meeting in Mombasa on Saturday, November 1, 2025, Odinga urged the party to work on its unity and remain strong.
“I want you to know that Baba kept reminding me that the party must remain strong. Even in the coming polls, tomorrow we will be heading to Magarini for campaigns; we are going there as ODM. There is no party called broad-based. The same applies to Malava and other areas where we have by-elections,” she stated.
Odinga clarified that the decision on the direction the party would take and possible coalitions pre-2027 will be agreed upon at an opportune time.
“When we reach 2027, we can either go on our own or join UDA or any other outfit. But we have to approach the year on a strong footing,” she said.
But even as concerns continue to grow over the ODM-UDA by-election plan, Ruth Odinga holds the view that the Orange Party needs to tighten its political space keeping in mind how it has fared in previous polls despite winning.
“In the 2007 elections, our victory was robbed at the presidential level, but we had the strength in numbers. Otherwise, how could we end up with one of us as the Speaker of the National Assembly? You can’t go to war without a weapon. And the stronger the weapon, the better,” she said.
