{"id":135705,"date":"2026-03-27T07:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/osotsi-insists-convention-will-go-on-despite-police-blockade\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:02:47","slug":"osotsi-insists-convention-will-go-on-despite-police-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/osotsi-insists-convention-will-go-on-despite-police-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"Osotsi Insists Convention Will Go On despite police blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 27 \u2013 The Linda Mwananchi faction of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) led by Deputy Party Leader Geoffrey Osotsi has vowed to proceed with its planned \u201cPeople\u2019s National Delegates Convention\u201d despite being locked out of the venue by police.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Vihiga Senator urged delegates to turn-up at Ufungamano House along Mamlaka Road, dismissing any rival meetings as illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, the people, shall gather for the people\u2019s NDC at Ufungamano House this Friday, 27th March 2026. Any other NDC gathering is illegitimate,\u201d Osotsi stated.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come amid heightened tension after anti-riot police were deployed early this morning to block access to Ufungamano House, the designated venue for the convention organized by the \u201cLinda Mwananchi\u201d faction allied to ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported a heavy police presence at the premises early Friday, with officers barricading entry points and preventing delegates and leaders from accessing the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust arrived at Ufungamano House and police have barricaded the gate, blocking access. We need you here in large NUMBERS. A people united can never be defeated,\u201d Rachel Tabitha posted on her X handle.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, delegates allied to Oburu\u2019s Linda Ground team have began trooping to the Jamhuri ASK Grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The agenda for the Linda Ground faction includes ratification of a National Governing Council (NGC) resolution concerning party leadership, deliberations on a National Executive Committee (NEC) resolution tied to Article 87 of the party constitution, and a keynote address by Oburu.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 27 \u2013 The Linda Mwananchi faction of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) led by Deputy Party Leader Geoffrey Osotsi has vowed to proceed with its planned \u201cPeople\u2019s National Delegates Convention\u201d despite being locked out of the venue by police. The Vihiga Senator urged delegates to turn-up at Ufungamano House along Mamlaka Road, [&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-135705","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\/135705","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=135705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}