ODM Coast leaders met in Vipingo, Kilifi County, on April 18, 2026, to express growing impatience with the broad-based government and assert the region's political worth ahead of the 2027 General Election.

• Leaders pushed for ODM to run an independent campaign, protecting its seats and negotiating from a position of strength.
• Key figures involved include ODM deputy party leader and Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Sharrif Nassir and UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar.
• The consensus is that ODM, particularly the Coast, possesses the organizational depth, electoral numbers, and political legitimacy to define the terms for 2027, refusing to be diminished into a regional outfit.

President William Ruto is reportedly employing a strategy to weaken the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party by exploiting internal divisions.

• The President is said to be leveraging existing networks to boost his grassroots support while ODM struggles.
• The key individuals involved are President William Ruto and the ODM party leader.
• This political maneuver is occurring as ODM celebrates its 20th anniversary, highlighting the internal challenges the party faces.

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino and other leaders have declared themselves "ODM orphans," stating they are charting a new political path after feeling rejected and humiliated within the Orange Democratic Movement.

• The group aims to address the country's economic and social challenges, citing issues like school fees and fuel prices.
• Leaders claim to be facing intimidation and physical attacks, with Babu Owino and Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi alleging personal danger.
• Saboti MP Caleb Amisi framed the movement as a "fourth liberation" focused on restoring the economy.
• Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna remains a bona fide ODM Secretary General, criticizing intolerance and the misuse of state power.

The Linda Mwananchi movement, associated with ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna and Siaya Governor James Orengo, is strategizing for the 2027 polls with a dual approach: grassroots mobilization and keeping presidential ambitions open, potentially including Sifuna.

• The movement is building a nationwide grassroots movement under the Linda Mwananchi banner.
• Key figures include Edwin Sifuna, James Orengo, and acknowledged by opposition figures like Mukhisa Kituyi.
• They are deliberately keeping the 2027 succession question open, including the possibility of a presidential bid by Senator Sifuna, while ruling out alignment with President William Ruto.