{"id":28688,"date":"2024-04-18T15:03:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/oparanya-joho-downplay-unnecessary-excitement-over-raila-succession\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T15:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:03:17","slug":"oparanya-joho-downplay-unnecessary-excitement-over-raila-succession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/oparanya-joho-downplay-unnecessary-excitement-over-raila-succession\/","title":{"rendered":"Oparanya, Joho downplay \u2018unnecessary excitement\u2019 over Raila succession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 18 \u2014 ODM Deputy Party Leaders Wycliffe Oparanya and Hassan Joho have downplayed \u2018unnecessary excitement\u2019 over Raila Odinga\u2019s succession as ODM convened a National Governing Council (NGC) to ratify constitutional changes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They both addressed the topic of leadership succession amid jostling over Odinga\u2019s anticipated exit from local politics should his government-sponsored bid to become African Union Commission Chairperson sail through. <\/p>\n<p>Oparanya termed the speculation regarding the next Party Leader as \u201cunnecessary excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was unnecessary excitement about who will be the party leader. There came artificial groups. I was even grouped in a group that I don\u2019t know; Joho was put in another group and then we had unnecessary remarks from other quarters,\u201d the former Kakamega Senator stated.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted Odinga\u2019s contribution to the party and emphasized the desire for a party that transcends individual leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want ODM to be a party that will live beyond ourselves as we move on as we retire,\u201d Oparanya said during the NGC at the Bomas of Kenya on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Joho echoed Oparanya\u2019s sentiments, stating that neither he nor Oparanya could match Odinga\u2019s leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shoe size of Raila Odinga doesn\u2019t fit either me or Oparanya when we try to wear it,\u201d the former Mombasa Governor said.<\/p>\n<p>The responses by the two came amid rising speculation over factional wars over the succession debate.<\/p>\n<p>They spoke even as ODM Chairperson John Mbadi sustained his attacks on leaders jostling to succeed Odinga terming the succession debate unhealthy.<\/p>\n<p>Mbadi expressed that Odinga remains the party leader despite his ambitions to vie for AUC Chairperson post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us not entertain unhealthy debate we have our party leader Raila Odinga whether he succeeds for the AUC post or not, he is still our leader,\u201d Mbadi insisted.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 18 \u2014 ODM Deputy Party Leaders Wycliffe Oparanya and Hassan Joho have downplayed \u2018unnecessary excitement\u2019 over Raila Odinga\u2019s succession as ODM convened a National Governing Council (NGC) to ratify constitutional changes.\u00a0 They both addressed the topic of leadership succession amid jostling over Odinga\u2019s anticipated exit from local politics should his government-sponsored bid [&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-28688","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\/28688","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=28688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}