{"id":118997,"date":"2025-07-29T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/odm-will-work-with-uda-to-fast-track-common-agenda-sifuna\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:08:20","slug":"odm-will-work-with-uda-to-fast-track-common-agenda-sifuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/odm-will-work-with-uda-to-fast-track-common-agenda-sifuna\/","title":{"rendered":"ODM will work with UDA to fast-track common agenda: Sifuna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 \u2013 The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has announced plans to constitute a technical team to work with the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in implementing the March 8 broad-based agreement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision followed a meeting of the party\u2019s Central Committee on Tuesday, which emphasized the need to fast-track the rollout of the shared political agenda between the two parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cODM will constitute a technical team to work with UDA counterparts as part of the political infrastructure to assist with the implementation of the agreement,\u201d Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, a vocal critic of the arrangement that saw key ODM figures take up roles in President William Ruto\u2019s administration, announced.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also reviewed the party\u2019s Memorandum of Understanding with UDA and reaffirmed support for party leader Raila Odinga\u2019s engagement with the UDA-led Kenya Kwanza Coalition administration, citing the need to stabilize the country and foster a favorable environment for all Kenyans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party supports the position of the party leader Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga to work with the Kenya Kwanza administration to stabilize the country and create an enabling environment for Kenyans,\u201d the party stated.<\/p>\n<p>ODM further welcomed the recent disbursement of Sh415 billion to county governments but vowed to continue pushing for an increase to at least Sh450 billion.<\/p>\n<p>It also called for the unbundling of devolved functions and proper allocation of resources to the counties.<\/p>\n<p>The party reaffirmed support for an intergenerational national conference to tackle the country\u2019s pressing challenges, echoing Odinga\u2019s call for a national dialogue to bridge the gap between the government and the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, ODM announced plans to proceed with grassroots elections and the \u201cODM at 20\u201d celebrations as part of its broader strategy for renewal, youth engagement, and internal reorganization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party will continue with the grassroots elections and the program for ODM at 20 celebrations as part of the process of regeneration, reorganization, and internal strengthening,\u201d the Orange Party said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 \u2013 The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has announced plans to constitute a technical team to work with the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in implementing the March 8 broad-based agreement. The decision followed a meeting of the party\u2019s Central Committee on Tuesday, which emphasized the need to fast-track the rollout of the [&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-118997","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\/118997","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=118997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}