During the ODM Founders Dinner in Mombasa on Saturday evening, President William Ruto commended the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) for its 20 years of resilience, highlighting its rise above personality, regional, and tribal politics. He urged other political parties to learn from ODM's example of building a strong national movement based on ideology.

• President Ruto praised ODM for remaining a strong national party for two decades, stating it was "not a briefcase party, not a regional party."
• The event was attended by prominent figures including ODM Party Leader Oburu Oginga, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, and Governors Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir, Simba Arati, Anyang’ Nyong’o, and Gladys Wanga.
• President Ruto acknowledged his political roots in ODM as a founding member and deputy party leader, and urged continued collaboration with the broad-based government, noting 80 percent similarity in manifestos between UDA and ODM.