Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has stated that the agreement signed between the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party and the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) does not exist.
Speaking in Mumias on Saturday, June 14, 2025, Sifuna stated that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two parties ceases to exist following Albert Ojwang’s death in detention hours after he was arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations hours after his arrest.
“If you ask me as Sifuna, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of the Orange Democratic Party and the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) is of no use as I speak today.
According to Sifuna, the agreement was breached when young people in the country started dying mysteriously nationwide.
“We agreed that young people will not be killed, and a young man is picked from their homestead and murdered in a police cell. The other day, we saw two other young people from Elgeyo Marakwet beaten and thrown in Nakuru, and another one in the Katitu police station. “That’s why I am saying that MOU has no use,” he declared.
“It doesn’t matter what else Ruto does; that agreement is dead. The only way you can breathe life into that agreement is by resurrecting Albert Ojwang’s life alongside others who have died in the recent past,” he added.
President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga officially signed a working agreement on March 7, 2025, following weeks of nationwide consultations on the political deal.
Before signing the document, ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna and his UDA counterpart Hassan Omar read out the issues that will be tackled in the agreement.
The first issue was the full implementation of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report that proposed key reforms within the country.
The opposition had been on a clarion call for the government to implement the report, citing that 90 percent of Kenyans’ issues would be addressed. The report was issued as a result of protests following the 2022 general election, after Raila claimed the elections were rigged.
This took the intervention of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to bring both Raila and Ruto to the negotiation table.
The second and third issues involve inclusivity for all minority groups and strengthening devolution to enhance local-level services.
Furthermore, the two leaders agreed to promote and protect the lives of young people by empowering sectors such as technology, the blue economy, manufacturing, and mining to create employment opportunities.
