Police lob teargas to disperse ODM convention attendees - March 2026

Police lobbed teargas at Jamhuri Grounds, Nairobi, on March 27, 2026, to disperse youths attempting to force their way into the ODM Special Delegates Convention. ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna's speech was abruptly cut short at a party meeting after police intervened to evict attendees identified as 'Linda Mwananchi'. Geoffrey Osotsi, ODM Deputy Party Leader, accused authorities of deploying soldiers overnight to disrupt the party's activities. Sifuna expressed dismay as police trucks were observed outside a planned meeting venue, and declared the National Delegates Conference meeting at Jamhuri Grounds to be fake.