On Monday, Raila firmly stated that no decision had been made to abandon the presidential bid, stressing that ODM has its own roadmap and will make its choice when the time is right. “We are ODM.
Who has told you that ODM will not have a candidate in 2027?” he asked, cautioning members against committing the party to agreements not yet discussed.
Sifuna, who skipped the event, quickly took to his X page to amplify Raila’s message with a brief but telling post: "Loud. Clear."
The Nairobi Senator has previously criticized any suggestion of ODM aligning too closely with President Ruto’s UDA party, at one point warning he could walk away if such a path was taken.
The reassurance from Raila is likely to settle nerves within a faction of ODM that has opposed flirtations with UDA.
Leaders like Babu Owino and Caleb Amisi have also voiced their resistance to a UDA-ODM pact, insisting the party must chart its own course.
Raila emphasized that the earlier pact signed with UDA was meant to create national stability and deal with urgent economic challenges, not to surrender ODM’s political future.
His words are now expected to unify a restless base eager to see ODM take the fight to Ruto in 2027.
Sifuna’s public show of support signals renewed confidence in Raila’s leadership, even as the countdown to the polls begins.
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