{"id":128798,"date":"2026-01-16T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/odm-to-embark-on-linda-ground-western-kenya-county-tours\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:02:57","slug":"odm-to-embark-on-linda-ground-western-kenya-county-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/odm-to-embark-on-linda-ground-western-kenya-county-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"ODM to embark on \u2018linda ground\u2019 Western Kenya county tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 16 \u2013 The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) will on Saturday embark on tours in Western Kenya, intensifying it\u2019s push to reconnect with supporters as the party reorganises following the death of its founder, Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n<p>According to a party notice, the \u201cLinda Ground\u201d county tours will be held in Malaba, Busia County, before heading to Kakamega Town on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>The tours will be led by ODM Party Leader Oburu Oginga.<\/p>\n<p>The tours come at a time ODM is keen on steadying its base, listen to grassroots concerns, and chart a new political direction amid growing talk of a possible coalition with the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Party officials say the county engagements are part of a broader strategy to take ODM\u2019s message directly to the people and strengthen its presence outside Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Kenya tour follows a public consultative forum held in Kibera, the party\u2019s first major rally since Raila\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p>The Kibera meeting, held at Kamukunji Grounds, brought together supporters and party leaders to openly discuss the future of ODM and the direction of national politics.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 16 \u2013 The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) will on Saturday embark on tours in Western Kenya, intensifying it\u2019s push to reconnect with supporters as the party reorganises following the death of its founder, Raila Odinga. According to a party notice, the \u201cLinda Ground\u201d county tours will be held in Malaba, Busia County, [&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-128798","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\/128798","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=128798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}