Siaya Lead representative James Orengo, a nearby partner of Raila Odinga, has cautioned Orange Popularity based Development (ODM) pioneers against tolerating Bureau Secretary positions in President William Ruto’s administration.
Orengo’s remarks come amid heightened political tensions and controversy over potential party cabinet appointments. Orengo, who is known for his unwavering adherence to constitutional principles, spoke bluntly about the Orange Democratic Party leaders’ intention to assume Cabinet Secretary roles in the Kenya Kwanza administration.
“It betrays the principles of the Constitution and the progressive movement that the party represents to take a CS position in the name of ODM. It’s complete betrayal and political cannibalism.
Even hyenas don’t want to eat the dead as much. According to Siaya Governor, the move will be a blatant betrayal of the party’s foundational values and the worthy fight waged by Gen Z protesters.
“Watching you tomorrow,” he declared. In a speech delivered on July 19 in North Alego, Siaya County, the county boss emphasized the community’s ongoing grief and the insensitivity of competing for positions at this time.
“Setting to the side my situation as the lead representative, equity should be finished. We must address the injustices immediately rather than later. We cannot scramble for positions at a time when we are mourning our people.
“This is not possible,” he stated. The personal account of Orengo’s recent visits to morgues, where he witnessed firsthand the tragic deaths of young people, continued the speech. “I went to funeral homes and saw our kids there. Despite the fact that our children are dying in it, people claim that this is not our war.
How might we get to government when the people who have been killed have not gotten equity? He affirmed, “I do not accept.” Nonetheless, Orengo’s solid position has not gone unchallenged inside the ODM positions.
John Mbadi, ODM national chairman and nominated MP, expressed outright opposition to the Siaya Governor’s position. “I’m in absolute conflict with James Orengo; he is my senior, yet where he is off-base, I should let him know that he is off-base,” Mbadi answered.
Mbadi argued that even with political adversaries, dialogue and collaboration were essential. “You can’t let us know that we can’t discourse, that we can’t chat with Ruto, that we can’t talk as Kenyans.
What is the other option? We can’t play the legislative issues of populism; we can’t play the governmental issues of hypothesis. “We have gotten these things wrong because we have been playing politics of theory since independence,” he stated. Mbadi wants to engage the Kenya Kwanza administration in politics in a more pragmatic manner.
