Siaya Senator and ODM’s senior counsel has fallen out with the party’s supremo, Raila Odinga.
The long-standing politician is said to have angered Odinga after alluding to an ‘unfounded’ political pact with Mr Kenyatta to block DP Ruto from occupying the highest office in the land.
March 13, the Senate minority leader revealed that Raila had a secret political pact with Uhuru.
It is reported President Kenyatta was not particularly flattered by this revelation.
House-keeping
Only a day after Orengo’s sentiments, Raila sent the party’s chairman, John Mbadi to clear the air over the statements Orengo made.
“It is premature and too early for anybody to purport to be speaking for ODM and implying that ODM has already entered into any arrangement with any party or individual,” Mbadi explained.
In an interview with a local publication on Saturday, the Suba South MP disclosed that some ODM members were putting Raila in an awkward position.
“It should be noted that their remarks are not attributable to ODM. Our people must be responsible with their statements going forward,” he stated.
Orengo’s utterances have also caused friction within the opposition party. Raila’s loyalists have accused him of spoiling the party.
Most of them feel that his remarks were careless since it gave Ruto’s allies ammunition to criticize the handshake.
The DP’s confidants have often criticized the handshake since they feel that it was meant to block Ruto from ascending to the presidency, Orengo’s comments seem to confirm this.
The statements of Orengo are reported to have angered President Kenyatta who was to later call Mr Odinga over the same.