Orange Democratic Movement Plans to Officially Leave Azimio Coalition

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Oburu Odinga has said the outfit will officially exit the Azimio coalition ahead of the 2027 polls. This comes days after the coalition party made changes, including appointing Wiper Patriotic Front boss Kalonzo Musyoka as its leader. a role he has accepted as the opposition beefs up its camp for the upcoming showdown. Oburu said that the party had left Azimio a long time ago, and soon it will be formalised. “Azimio was dead when ODM left the coaltion. We left it a long time ago. It is only a formality which we have not performed, which we are going to perform very soon,” he quipped.” Oburu’s onslaught comes days after Wiper psrty leader Kalonzo Musyoka accused State House of blocking the official publication of leadership changes in the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition. In a post on X on February 7, 2026, he stated that the interference came despite the appointments being legally processed and already reported by local newspapers. “Philip Kisia (Executive Director), Caroli Omondi (Secretary General), and myself, Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (Party Leader) were legally appointed. The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties accepted our changes. Local dailies published them last week. The Kenya Gazette was scheduled to publish on Friday, February 6, 2026. Then came the interference,” Kalonzo wrote. The leadership changes followed a meeting of the Azimio Coalition Council and National Executive Committee on February 2, 2026, chaired by the fourth President, Uhuru Kenyatta. The coalition announced Kalonzo as the new party leader, replacing the late Raila Odinga, who died in October 2025.