{"id":135707,"date":"2026-03-27T07:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/police-lock-out-sifunas-linda-mwananchi-team-from-ufungamano-house\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:02:49","slug":"police-lock-out-sifunas-linda-mwananchi-team-from-ufungamano-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/police-lock-out-sifunas-linda-mwananchi-team-from-ufungamano-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Lock Out Sifuna\u2019s Linda Mwananchi Team from Ufungamano House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 27 \u2014 A planned convention by a faction of the Orange Democratic Movement hangs in uncertainty after leaders allied to embattled Secretary General Edwin Sifuna were denied entry to Ufungamano House, the designated venue for their much-publicized gathering.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLinda Mwananchi\u201d group had organized what it termed the \u201cPeople\u2019s Delegates Convention\u201d to counter the Special Delegates Conference convened by ODM Party Leader Oburu .<\/p>\n<p>However, efforts to access the venue were thwarted after a heavy police presence was deployed around Ufungamano House, effectively locking out delegates and leaders who had begun arriving for the event.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported heightened tension at the scene, with security officers manning entry points and restricting movement into the premises.<\/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 Oginga\u2019s Linda Ground faction have begun 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 Oginga.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 27 \u2014 A planned convention by a faction of the Orange Democratic Movement hangs in uncertainty after leaders allied to embattled Secretary General Edwin Sifuna were denied entry to Ufungamano House, the designated venue for their much-publicized gathering. The \u201cLinda Mwananchi\u201d group had organized what it termed the \u201cPeople\u2019s Delegates Convention\u201d to [&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-135707","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\/135707","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=135707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}