Mbadi calls on ODM to expel Sifuna
By Ndiritu Wanjiru, February 9, 2026National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has called on the Orange Democratic Movement Party to expel its Secretary General and Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna.
Speaking at a fundraiser at Kisaku Primary School in Suba South constituency on Monday, February 9, 2026, Mbadi has cited the reason for his recommendation on Sifuna’s expulsion as opposing the party’s leadership and taking decisions that are opposed to the Party Leader Oburu Odinga’s position and that of the former ODM Party Leader, the late Raila Odinga.
“The party ODM is very strong, and I can tell you for sure there is no way that ODM will be disbanded.ODM will remain solid the way Raila left it, and if you think that ODM will remain solid by having everybody there, including people whose agenda is opposite to what ODM wants, you are daydreaming. You must allow some people to exit ODM at this stage. If someone does not want to agree with ODM policies and with the policies spelt out by the party leader after convening the central committee meeting, that person should be left to go so that we can see how many people he is leaving with. Somebody like Sifuna will not remain in ODM because he is already conflicted,” Mbadi said.
The former ODM chairperson has called on the party leadership to crack the whip on Sifuna and expel him from the Party for the sake of its posterity.
Sifuna’s conflict with ODM leadership
Mbadi’s sentiments follow the decision by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, holding the Linda Mwananchi rallies to counter the party leaders Oburu’s Linda ground movement, a move that has been termed by the Oburu-led faction as being detrimental to the party.
The Linda Mwananchi team was led by Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna, Siaya Governor James Orengo, Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino.
The Linda Mwananchi group is made up of rebel leaders within ODM who oppose the party’s direction of entering into a pact with the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), as proposed by the Orange Democratic Movement’s Central Management Committee (CMC).
ODM Coalition talks with UDA
The ODM’s Central Management Committee tasked party leader Oburu Odinga with initiating structured pre-coalition talks with the UDA party as part of their preparedness.
The group broke away from the main ODM faction led by Oburu Odinga, who has been spearheading a separate party forum dubbed ODM Linda Ground, aimed at collecting views from across the nation on whether the Orange Party should enter into a pact with UDA.