Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has rejected claims that the ODM and Kenya Kwanza administration have successfully carried out their 10-point agenda.
Sifuna argued that the oversight committee missed its March 7 deadline to submit a final report. Instead, he claimed the group staged a “charade” by briefing only a select few.
Speaking on Wednesday, Sifuna explained that the committee’s mandate required them to provide progress updates every two months, followed by a full report on March 7, 2026. He noted that this date also signaled the official end of the agreement.
He further alleged that the committee failed to release the report on time or present it to the public as promised. Sifuna accused the group of disrespecting the late Raila Odinga’s original goals.
“What we witnessed yesterday was a shameful charade meant to trick the public that the MOU had been implemented,” Sifuna said, insisting that “nothing could be further from the truth.”
Sifuna highlighted the chaos during an event at the KICC, noting that some participants even confronted the president regarding the report’s details.
He also alleged that the president prolonged the committee’s work by 60 days. According to Sifuna, this move clashes with the claims made by ODM leader Oburu Oginga that the agreement has no fixed expiration date.
Furthermore, the senator argued that the ODM Parliamentary Group lacks the legal authority to make such decisions. He maintained that the party’s National Executive Committee holds the sole power to manage the agreement and its oversight.
Sifuna dismissed any attempt to extend the mandate, calling it “unconstitutional, null and void.”
He stressed that the public should judge the agenda’s success through clear, measurable facts rather than vague claims. He specifically pointed to unresolved issues like abductions, extrajudicial killings, the distribution of funds to counties, and the need to respect the independence of political parties.
Sifuna also hit out at what he called deceptive public participation efforts concerning the charter.
“We have noticed that the committee has started traveling across the country, purporting to be conducting public participation,” Sifuna said.
He insisted that the responsibility for updating the public on the agenda’s progress lies with ODM’s Central Management Committee. He argued that since President William Ruto’s administration holds the power to resolve these 10 points, the oversight team should have stayed “domiciled at State House” to demand direct answers from the government instead of touring the country.
