{"id":131014,"date":"2026-02-13T16:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-kalonzo-cross-paths-with-oburu-in-machakos\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:02:44","slug":"gachagua-kalonzo-cross-paths-with-oburu-in-machakos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gachagua-kalonzo-cross-paths-with-oburu-in-machakos\/","title":{"rendered":"Gachagua, Kalonzo cross paths with Oburu in Machakos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 13 \u2013 A rare meeting between opposition leaders and the ODM leader on Friday raised eyebrows after Rigathi Gachagua, Kalonzo Musyoka, and Oburu Oginga came together in Machakos during a condolence visit.<\/p>\n<p>The three leaders met at the home of Machakos Senator Agnes Kavindu while consoling her family following the death of her son. <\/p>\n<p>While the visit was meant to offer comfort, the political mix at the gathering quickly drew attention across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua and Musyoka are currently leading a united opposition push aimed at unseating President William Ruto in the 2027 General Election. <\/p>\n<p>Their alliance has been vocal in criticizing the government and rallying support across different regions.<\/p>\n<p>However, the presence of Oburu at the same meeting raised eyebrows, given his political position.<\/p>\n<p>Oburu is aligned with the broad-based government arrangement, and has miantained ODM\u2019s push at supporting President Ruto\u2019s re-election bid.<\/p>\n<p>While no formal statements were issued after the meeting, images and reports of the leaders together have already ignited debate online.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 13 \u2013 A rare meeting between opposition leaders and the ODM leader on Friday raised eyebrows after Rigathi Gachagua, Kalonzo Musyoka, and Oburu Oginga came together in Machakos during a condolence visit. The three leaders met at the home of Machakos Senator Agnes Kavindu while consoling her family following the death of [&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-131014","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\/131014","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=131014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}