Orengo reveals how ODM is planning to capture 2022 power using Uhuru

Raila Odinga-led ODM Party has organised itself towards capturing power in the next general elections. According to the senate Minority leader and the Siaya County Senator, the Party is already scheming how to clinch the top most political seat in 2022 using President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Orengo who was speaking in an interview with KTN News confirmed that the party would field a presidential candidate. However, the Siaya Senator did not disclose whether Party leader Raila Odinga would be the flag-bearer.

The Siaya lawmaker instead said the Opposition leader did not want to mix campaigns for presidency with the handshake and his role at the African Union.

“We are very well organised about 2022. ODM as a party will be on the ballot box in one shape or another, I can tell you that. But what I can tell you for purposes of Raila is that he is involved in an exercise that if mixed up with 2022 may work against his politics,” Orengo said.

 “If Raila was to put his campaign out there and at the same time be involved as an envoy and handshake, all that will not be good for his politics. He is very focused.”

Orengo talked of a possible political power play that could see Raila and Uhuru in the same camp.

“ODM is going for political power, and when we are holding these meetings our eyes are set on 2022. The contestation for power is going to come from a formation with ODM in it and formation of Jubilee where Uhuru Kenyatta is playing a role,” he added.

His remarks came a year after the March 9, 2018 handshake that was cited by Deputy President William Ruto’s allies as the cause of Jubilee’s political fallout.Dr Ruto’s allies have claimed the handshake was a scheme to block Ruto from succeeding Uhuru who is serving his second and final term.

They have also claimed that the president was not keen on retiring thus had struck a deal with Raila to amend that Constitution to create positions in the executive to accommodate the two of them – claims that Orengo dismissed.

There are already proposals for the creation of a powerful Prime Minister and two deputies and a single seven-year term presidency.“We are not in Jubilee and we have to be cautious about discussing their issues. Right now, we are being blamed for rocking Jubilee. We don’t want to get into their issues. Let them have their space,” the legislator said.

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