The Azimio la Umoja coalition has come out with another sweeping reform, days after earlier changes that saw the Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka elevated to replace the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga as the party leader of the formation.

In a statement released after a joint sitting of the constituent parties of Azimio la Umoja on Monday, March 9, 2026, chaired by Kalonzo, they stripped a number of high-profile leaders of the positions they held in the National Coalition Executive Council (NCEC) and the Azimio National Council (ANC).

Among those who have lost their places in the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Council are the mining and blue economy cabinet secretary Ali Hassan Joho; nominated MPs Sabina Chege and Abdi Noor Omar Farah; and Suna East MP Junet Mohammed.

In the Azimio Coalition National Executive Council (ACNEC), those affected include Junet Mohammed, who also served as its secretary-general until the recent changes made by its chairman, retired President Uhuru Kenyatta.

who was replaced by Suba South MP Caroli Omondi. Other affected leaders include Cooperatives and SMEs Cabinet Secretary Wickliffe Oparanya; Pokot South MP David Kosing; Likoni MP Mishi Mboko; Eldas MP Adan Keynan; Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi; Isabella Wangeci Githinji; former Nyeri Deputy Governor Caroline Karugu; and Solomon Kuria.

“The Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party held a Joint Meeting of the Coalition Council and the National Coalition Executive Council and resolved that the following persons have, by virtue of their appointment to public office and/or having joined competing political coalitions, ceased to be members of the Azimio Coalition Council and the Azimio National Coalition Executive Council,” read the statement

The Kalonzo-led coalition cited the reason for the removal of the above members from the two critical organs as their association with and joining of political coalitions that rival the Azimio group, which was registered on April 14, 2022, to be used by the late Raila Odinga as his political vehicle in facing his then-competitor William Ruto in the 2022 elections.

The meeting also resolved to terminate Junet Mohammed as the Azimio Coalition parliamentary group leader. They further noted that the coalition will formally announce its replacements in due course.

This comes after earlier changes, which saw most members within the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) who support the broad-based arrangement stripped of key positions within the Azimio coalition.

Oburu slams Azimio

This led to a rebuttal from the ODM party leader, Oburu Odinga, who expressed exasperation, saying that they left the Azimio coalition long ago and that, without ODM, there is no Azimio, terming it a shell.

He added that during their upcoming National Delegates Conference (NDC) on March 26, 2026, they will formally sit down to move their ODM party out of the Azimio coalition.

Sifuna, after the sweeping changes, stated that for all this time, the ODM party has been part of the Azimio coalition, even despite the changes.

Sifuna praises Uhuru

He praised retired President Uhuru Kenyatta for being patient and waiting until the mourning of the late party leader Raila Odinga was over before moving to replace him, saying that such patience never happened in their own ODM party.

According to Sifuna, some people, due to their own interests, moved swiftly to replace Raila even before he was buried.