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AJUOK: Real history and daunting challenges as ODM turns 20

This ODM @20 is a far cry from the party that once captured the imagination of the nation

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by COLLINS AJUOK

News21 September 2025 - 06:40
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ODM members at deputy party leader Abdulswamad Nassir’s office on Saturday /JOHN CHESOLI

The Orange Democratic Movement turns 20 this year. It’s quite a milestone, which makes it Kenya’s longest-surviving large political movement, with a significant and uninterrupted presence in elective politics and the legislature since the 2007 election.

The major parties against which ODM has competed in most of the past elections, such as PNU, TNA, and Jubilee, are either firmly in the political graveyard or are headed there faster than one can say “vote!”

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