{"id":118822,"date":"2025-07-26T11:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/sudi-tells-sifuna-to-quit-odm-if-he-opposes-raila-ruto-political-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T11:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:03:21","slug":"sudi-tells-sifuna-to-quit-odm-if-he-opposes-raila-ruto-political-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sudi-tells-sifuna-to-quit-odm-if-he-opposes-raila-ruto-political-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudi Tells Sifuna to Quit ODM if He Opposes Raila\u2013Ruto Political Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UASIN GISHU, Kenya, July 26<\/strong> \u2013 Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has challenged Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna to resign from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) if he cannot support the ongoing political cooperation between President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a funeral service in Moi\u2019s Bridge, Uasin Gishu County, Sudi dismissed Sifuna\u2019s recent public criticism of the political arrangement between the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and ODM, insisting that the deal remains firm and should not be undermined by dissenting voices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet Sifuna say whatever he wants on television, but the broad-based government will not be shaken,\u201d Sudi said. \u201cThis is a political understanding between party leaders, and those who were not at the table have no mandate to discredit it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sudi said the agreement was the product of mutual consultations between Ruto and Raila, and cautioned politicians who were not involved in the talks against interfering.<\/p>\n<p>He further urged Sifuna to shift his focus to development issues affecting Nairobi, rather than engaging in what he termed as divisive political rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s money to spend, we would rather use it to build roads and infrastructure in Nairobi,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Soy MP David Kiplagat and Taita Taveta Woman Representative Haika Mizighi, who also attended the event, echoed Sudi\u2019s sentiments and criticised Sifuna\u2019s continued opposition to the bipartisan arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Kiplagat called on Sifuna to step aside from ODM if he is uncomfortable with the party\u2019s current direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cODM is part of the government. If Sifuna is uncomfortable with that, then perhaps it\u2019s time he considers stepping aside and starting his own movement,\u201d Kiplagat said.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders reaffirmed their support for President Ruto and urged Kenyans to be patient as the government works to deliver on its promises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re firmly behind the President and will work to ensure he gets the support he needs to deliver\u2014and eventually secure a second term,\u201d Kiplagat added.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UASIN GISHU, Kenya, July 26 \u2013 Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has challenged Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna to resign from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) if he cannot support the ongoing political cooperation between President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga. Speaking during a funeral service in Moi\u2019s Bridge, Uasin Gishu County, Sudi dismissed Sifuna\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}