
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!”