Political activist Kasmuel McOure has cautioned that attacking the Siaya Senator as the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader is undermining the judgement of the late political outfit’s founder, Raila Odinga.

Following the death of Raila Odinga while still serving as ODM party leader, the party’s National Executive Committee settled on his elder brother, Oburu Odinga, to take over in the same capacity amid its 20th anniversary celebrations.

However, a section of ODM members have argued that Oburu Odinga is acting in his present capacity contrary to the party’s constitution, prompting Kasmuel McOure to jump into the Siaya Senator’s defence.

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”An attack on Dr Oburu Oginga’s leadership of the ODM is an attack on Baba’s judgement and on the party structures he carefully built over the years. Every decision Baba made regarding the future of the ODM led to Dr Oburu’s confirmation as party leader,” McOure took to X on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.

”He remains our leader, and we shall defend him as fiercely as we defended His Excellency Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, C.G.H. A new faction of cunning legislators and influential actors is spending heavily to manufacture an ODM narrative, trying to change and erase his leadership. We shall recognise no other centre of authority in this party,” McOure added.

McOure continued to caution members within the fold of ODM that plans to undermine Oburu Odinga’s leadership will not bear fruit.

”No amount of money, bullying, or the cynical invocation of “reform” will move us. Let it not be forgotten that it is his wisdom that has preserved some of you within the ODM fold. He has steadied the Chungwa ship and redirected it toward inclusivity and the consolidation of gains at a time when others were issuing ultimatums and plotting their own paths. His judgement kept the house intact,” he continued.

The youthful activist instead requested that Oburu Odinga be given space and time to focus on his work at Chungwa House.

”Regardless of your position or your proximity to power, on matters Chungwa, focus on your work and allow our party leader to execute his mandate. That is the discipline that built this movement, and it is the discipline that will secure its future,” McOure asserted.

Meanwhile, McOure’s assertions come shortly after Saboti Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisis argued that the death of Raila Odinga has left ODM in the hands of people who lack leadership skills.

Speaking on a local TV station on Monday, November 17, 2025, Amisi said the push and pull and disagreements among ODM members will not let Raila Odinga rest in peace, further stating that the current leadership at the helm of ODM is unconstitutional.