Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has launched a regrouping initiative termed as a 'roll call' movement.
According to the party's Executive Director Oduor Ong'wen and the deputy Secretary General Agnes Zani, the initiative is intended to reawaken the party's presence in the country.
"ODM is the largest party in Africa with over 1.9 million officials from polling station level all the way to national. The 2017 elections came with waves, storms and as a responsible party we deemed it right to regroup," Mr Ong'wen stated.
[caption caption="ODM Executive Oduor Ong'wen giving a press briefing"]
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The Executive Director asserted that the party was an organised one, unlike other parties that only unite when elections are closer and thereafter disintegrate.
"Some parties masquerade as political parties only when elections are around the corner but as ODM we have ideologies and manifestoes that even if we did not clinch the presidency, we have our county governments which we want them to implement," Ong'wen mentioned.
The party leaders were, however, haste to downplay the move being linked with 2022 politics adding that the initiative is aimed at ensuring that party officials and county coordinator remain intact in the next electioneering year.
Addressing journalist in Narok, Nominated Senator Ms Zani exclaimed that they have met officials in their strongholds such as Bungoma, Nairobi, and Narok and were set to tour other counties.
She reiterated that ODM would continue fighting for social injustice and that they were seeking to stay together ahead of the next general election.
"As ODM we have not lost hope even after losing the presidency in the last election and even after the handshake between our party leader and President Uhuru Kenyatta. We are still a popular party but our focus is now building bridges and strengthening our party," Zani commented.
The grassroots drive by the ODM party comes at a time when its leader Raila Odinga criticised DP Ruto’s cross-country tours in the name of drumming support for the Big Four agenda accusing him of using the trips to advance his 2022 presidential bid at the expense of development.
[caption caption="ODM leader Raila Odinga together with his party members at Orange House"]
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