ODM’s Future Takes a New Turn After Ida Odinga Makes This Unexpected Declaration

Kenya’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Mama Ida Odinga has reaffirmed her commitment to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party and the broad based government arrangement making her position clear amid ongoing political discussions surrounding the party’s future.

Ida’s declaration comes at a time when ODM is experiencing internal political discussions over its relationship with President William Ruto’s administration and the direction the party should take ahead of the 2027 General Election.

Her decision to remain in ODM and continue supporting the broad based arrangement is significant because the party has been facing different opinions among its leaders with some supporting continued cooperation with the government while others have expressed concerns about the political partnership.

Speaking on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, while presiding over the launch of the Gembe Hills Participatory Management Plan in Suba North Homa Bay County Mama Ida explained that her late husband had left her in ODM and the broad based government arrangement.

She maintained that she had no intention of changing that political position.

She also urged Raila Odinga’s supporters to remain where he had left them suggesting that they should continue respecting the political direction he had embraced before his death.

Her remarks are likely to attract attention within ODM, particularly at a time when different groups of party leaders are expressing contrasting views about cooperation with President Ruto’s administration and the opposition’s future political strategy.

Ida’s declaration also places her publicly on the side of continued ODM participation in the broad based arrangement while leaving individual party members to make their own political decisions.

As the country gradually moves towards the 2027 General Election her statement adds another dimension to the ongoing debate about Raila Odinga’s political legacy and the future direction of ODM.

For now, Mama Ida has made her position clear: she intends to remain in ODM and the broad based government arrangement the political path she says her late husband left her on.

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