Kasmuel McOure rules out Sifuna’s return as ODM Secretary General
By Kenneth Mwenda, February 17, 2026Kasmuel McOure, a vocal member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), intensified his attacks on Edwin Sifuna during a radio interview on February 17, 2026. He declared that Sifuna would not return as the party’s secretary-general.
“He has been kicked out as the Secretary-General,” McOure said. “I think maybe to help the listeners and viewers, that he will not be coming back as Secretary-General because we intend to uphold this decision as delegates of the party at the National Delegates Convention.”
McOure accused Sifuna of harming ODM’s position and mocked his decision to challenge the party in court.
“So he’s gone to court and we’ve said that is totally fine. You could go and be the Secretary-General of a court. We will continue as a party because he was detrimental to the party’s position.”
McOure’s criticisms of Sifuna have been growing since late last year. In December 2025, he reprimanded Sifuna for defying ODM’s stance on the broad-based government arrangement with President William Ruto’s administration.
On X, McOure wrote:
“The office of the ODM Party’s Secretary-General is not a platform for personal opinion. It demands discipline and loyalty to the party constitution.”
He said Sifuna had mixed personal views with official party positions, which he called unacceptable.
McOure demands Sifuna exit
By January 2026, McOure publicly demanded Sifuna’s removal. In a viral video, he branded Sifuna a failed secretary general and urged ODM to call him to order.
The push against Sifuna has support from party elders. On February 15, 2026, Oburu Odinga defended appointing Catherine Omanyo as acting secretary-general during a church service in Mombasa.
“If you don’t follow the rules of the party, you keep out of the party, but if you follow the rules, you will be part and parcel of us,” Oburu said.
“Yule ni SG wa court, na huyu ndio SG wa chama.”
He stressed that discipline was essential: “And we are not going to go back because there must be an example of discipline; someone must feel a little pain for being indisciplined so that the party can continue to be united.”