{"id":124816,"date":"2025-11-16T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/11\/16\/bad-girl-millie-odhiambo-confronts-robert-alai-over-winnie-criticism\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:08:04","slug":"bad-girl-millie-odhiambo-confronts-robert-alai-over-winnie-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/bad-girl-millie-odhiambo-confronts-robert-alai-over-winnie-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bad girl\u2019 Millie Odhiambo confronts Robert Alai over Winnie criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 16 \u2013 Tensions inside the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) escalated on Saturday after Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo issued a warning to Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai over remarks directed at EALA legislator Winnie Odinga.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Odhiambo, who refers to herself as a \u201cbad girl,\u201d responded after Alai criticized Winnie Odinga\u2019s warning to unnamed figures she accused of \u201ccutting deals\u201d at night with President William Ruto to allegedly undermine ODM.<\/p>\n<p>Alai questioned Odhiambo\u2019s authority within the party, dismissing her criticism. <\/p>\n<p>He accused Winnie of using \u201cbedroom stereotypes\u201d to attack female leaders, arguing that her prominence was tied to her lineage rather than political credentials.<\/p>\n<p>His comments drew a swift response from Odhiambo during the ongoing ODM@20 celebrations in Mombasa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a defender of women, I see Alai likes harassing women. We will deal with you head-on when you attack Winnie Odinga. That is where the heart of Baba is,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Alai fired back, in a show of defiance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy the message reached home and the chief idler of the party has decided to respond,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The clash comes as ODM grapples with internal uncertainty, with senior members openly disagreeing amid debates over the party\u2019s direction following the death of former leader Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Siaya Governor James Orengo warned ODM leaders against endorsing President Ruto\u2019s re-election bid, insisting the party has leaders capable of challenging the head of state in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 16 \u2013 Tensions inside the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) escalated on Saturday after Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo issued a warning to Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai over remarks directed at EALA legislator Winnie Odinga. Odhiambo, who refers to herself as a \u201cbad girl,\u201d responded after Alai criticized Winnie Odinga\u2019s warning to unnamed [&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-124816","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\/124816","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=124816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}