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A single image reposted by EALA MP Winnie Odinga has sent the political arena into a tense spiral, reviving memories of one of Kenya’s most explosive moments. Without a caption, without a word, Winnie reshared a haunting photograph from November 17, 2017—showing a police water cannon blasting protesters along Parliament Road as NASA supporters attempted to block Uhuru Kenyatta’s swearing-in.
Eight years ago, the picture was posted quietly on her personal timeline when she was in her twenties. Today, she reposted it at the exact same minute it was first shared. The timing is deliberate. The message is unmistakable. Yet she never wrote a single word.
Her silent throwback comes during a turbulent period for ODM. Just a month after the burial of Raila Odinga, internal disagreements have widened, with Winnie openly demanding an urgent National Delegates Convention to reassess ODM’s partnership with President William Ruto’s government.
The party’s old guard has largely brushed off her push—until now.This evening’s post is widely being interpreted as her response to that silence.Coming just hours after a sharp exchange with her uncle, Oburu Oginga, over ODM’s next political direction, the uncaptioned image has stirred fresh uncertainty about Winnie’s next move.
Many supporters and analysts believe the repost signals a warning, a reminder of what political resistance, public anger, and state confrontation once looked like—and what could resurface if the party loses its footing.
With no words to dilute the message, the image itself has become the statement: a moment of history, dragged back to the present, at a time when ODM is fractured, leadership is unclear, and national politics is shifting rapidly.
As reactions continue to pour in and speculation intensifies, one question now hangs over the political space:Why did Winnie Odinga choose this moment to speak—by saying nothing at all?
