{"id":130790,"date":"2026-02-12T08:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kileleshwa-mca-alai-backs-junet-mohammed-for-odm-sec-gen-after-sifunas-ouster\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:02:46","slug":"kileleshwa-mca-alai-backs-junet-mohammed-for-odm-sec-gen-after-sifunas-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kileleshwa-mca-alai-backs-junet-mohammed-for-odm-sec-gen-after-sifunas-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"Kileleshwa MCA Alai backs Junet Mohammed for ODM Sec-Gen after Sifuna\u2019s ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 12 \u2013 Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai has endorsed Suna East MP and National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohammed as his preferred candidate for the Orange Democratic Movement Secretary General position following the ouster of Edwin Sifuna.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alai declared his support for Junet, via a post shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cChama ni ODM na SG ni Ja Suna. Pinga ushangae!\u201d<\/em> the Kileleshwa MCA said as he signaled strong backing for the Suna East legislator.<\/p>\n<p>The name of Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina has also been floated as a possible replacement for Sifuna.<\/p>\n<p>Busia County Woman Representative Catherine Omanyo was named by to hold the position until a substantive holder is named during a National Delegate Conference slated for March 27.<\/p>\n<p>Nairobi Senator Sifuna was ousted from the plum position following a high-stakes National Executive Committee convened by Acting Party Leader Oburu Oginga in Mombasa on February 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>His removal follows claims he no longer aligns with the party\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n<p>The NEC cited concerns over discipline and leadership conduct within the party, saying it had deliberated extensively on Sifuna\u2019s actions before arriving at the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving deliberated on matters relating to the conduct of the Secretary General, Senator Edwin Sifuna, the NEC resolved to remove him from office with immediate effect in accordance with the party constitution and applicable laws,\u201d Omanyo said .<\/p>\n<p>The National Executive Committee (NEC) raised what it termed \u2018grave concern\u2019 over escalating cases of indiscipline within the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), particularly among members occupying senior leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p>In its resolutions, the committee pointed out that the party is governed strictly by its constitution, anchored on the rule of law and guided by collective decision-making through its duly constituted organs.<\/p>\n<p>The NEC maintained that no individual, regardless of rank, is above the party\u2019s structures and processes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 12 \u2013 Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai has endorsed Suna East MP and National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohammed as his preferred candidate for the Orange Democratic Movement Secretary General position following the ouster of Edwin Sifuna. Alai declared his support for Junet, via a post shared on social media. \u201cChama ni ODM [&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-130790","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\/130790","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=130790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}