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AWICH: What next for Odingas and ODM survival post-Raila?

Family offers no clear, immediate successor so party must reinvent itself as an institution rather than an extension of its founding dynasty.

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by LUKE AWICH

News23 November 2025 - 07:38
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Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir, party leader Oburu Odinga and Kisii Governor Simba Arati ODM at 20 celebrations in Mombasa /EMMANUEL WANSON

The Orange Democratic Movement has found itself at a moment its rank and file long feared: a future without its founding leader Raila Odinga at its helm. With the passing of Raila, the question dominating both ODM corridors and national political chatter is whether the outfit can withstand the succession turbulence that has historically shattered parties built around dominant personalities.

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