Africa-Press – Kenya. Fresh cracks have emerged within the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), with internal tensions now pulling the Kenyatta family into renewed claims of covert plots surrounding the disputed 2022 General Election and the future control of the party.
The fallout has placed ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna under intense pressure after he publicly alleged that there were schemes to sell or hand over the party to President William Ruto’s camp, claims that have unsettled party loyalists and reignited long-running succession battles.
ODM hardliners allied to Suna East MP Junet Mohamed have accused Secretary General Edwin Sifuna of secretly working with former President Uhuru Kenyatta, claiming the move is part of a wider scheme to weaken the party after the passing of its longtime leader, Raila Odinga.
Speaking during a heated funeral service in Murang’a County on Saturday, January 3, Sifuna turned the focus to the 2022 campaign, accusing senior party figures of benefiting from Uhuru Kenyatta’s support while leaving ODM exposed on the ground during the election.
“You Junet, when did Uhuru’s money start becoming bad? When you were eating the same, you did not even bring a penny to the party. You ate it alone. We are waiting for a report on what happened in 2022. You ate the money and left the likes of Wamunyoro to beat us 10 nil. If not for you, we would have been in government,” Sifuna said.
Junet, in a strongly worded press statement issued later in the evening, rejected the accusations and accused Sifuna of “moonlighting” for Uhuru Kenyatta within ODM while demanding accountability over the failure to deploy and pay election agents.
“The answer is simple, clear, and verifiable: Former President Uhuru Kenyatta released the funds meant for election agents to his blood brother, Muhoho Kenyatta,” Junet stated, adding that Muhoho then appointed Patrick Mburu to oversee recruitment and payments.
Junet alleged that Mburu presented himself as an IT expert capable of preventing IEBC result manipulation and claimed that he remains close to Uhuru, citing a recent trip to Nigeria with the former Head of State and Kalonzo Musyoka as evidence of his continued influence.
According to Junet, the agents’ operations were run from a highly restricted office in Westlands, an arrangement he said was so secretive that even Raila could not freely access it during the campaign.
“The fact is, once they took charge, they never procured any agents for Hon. Raila Odinga, not in Mt Kenya and not in Luo Nyanza. It was a long con game,” Junet said, insisting that these were facts and not speculations.
He further argued that his appointment as Leader of the Minority in the National Assembly after the election was proof that Raila trusted him and did not view him as a betrayer of the party or its presidential bid.
As the accusations escalate, the public clash between Sifuna and Junet has exposed deep mistrust within ODM, with renewed demands for Uhuru and his brother, as well as key operatives, to explain their role in the handling of campaign funds and what really went wrong in 2022.
