{"id":123380,"date":"2025-10-19T12:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/orengo-urges-govt-not-to-kill-political-parties-in-railas-honor\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T12:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:06:46","slug":"orengo-urges-govt-not-to-kill-political-parties-in-railas-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/orengo-urges-govt-not-to-kill-political-parties-in-railas-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Orengo Urges govt not to \u2018Kill Political Parties\u2019 in Raila\u2019s Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 19<\/strong> <strong>\u2014 Siaya Governor James Orengo has called on the government to safeguard the integrity of political parties as a way of honoring the legacy of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during Odinga\u2019s burial in Bondo, Orengo cautioned that undermining party structures would roll back Kenya\u2019s democratic gains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you even as we speak about unity, let us not kill political parties,\u201d said Orengo. \u201cPolitical parties are the foundations of democracy. Any arrangement we go into should not be ones that kill political parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come amid mounting calls to consolidate and strengthen the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which now faces the delicate task of preserving Odinga\u2019s political legacy while redefining its future in a rapidly shifting political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Orengo\u2019s sentiments were echoed by Kisumu Woman Representative Ruth Odinga, who revealed that her late brother\u2019s final wish was for ODM to remain strong and united.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaila told me the day before he died that ODM must be united and strong. We cannot have another ODM being led by a few people and another faction on the other side who think they own the party,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are going to go to any negotiation with a strong, united one ODM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks come against the backdrop of months of internal wrangles within the party over a possible alliance with President William Ruto\u2019s United Democratic Alliance (UDA).<\/p>\n<p>The talks have split the party, with some senior officials pushing for collaboration with the ruling coalition as a way of fostering national cohesion, while a youthful faction led by Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has rejected the idea, calling it a betrayal of ODM\u2019s founding reformist ideals.<\/p>\n<p>Raila\u2019s death is now expected to amplify these tensions, as ODM grapples with succession politics ahead of the 2027 General Election, a moment many observers believe will be the ultimate test of the party\u2019s unity and ideological strength.<\/p>\n<p>Raila Odinga, 80, died of cardiac arrest while receiving treatment in Kochi, India.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 19 \u2014 Siaya Governor James Orengo has called on the government to safeguard the integrity of political parties as a way of honoring the legacy of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Speaking during Odinga\u2019s burial in Bondo, Orengo cautioned that undermining party structures would roll back Kenya\u2019s democratic gains. \u201cI [&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-123380","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\/123380","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=123380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}