{"id":15834,"date":"2024-07-19T10:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15834"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:44:04","slug":"busia-senator-okiya-omtatah-accuses-raila-odinga-of-betraying-opposition-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15834","title":{"rendered":"Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah Accuses Raila Odinga of Betraying Opposition Roots."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/images-4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/images-4-2.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/images-4-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has launched a vehement critique against Raila Odinga, a principal in the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition, accusing him of betraying his opposition principles by aligning with President William Ruto\u2019s government. In a video that has surfaced online, Omtatah labeled Odinga\u2019s recent political shift as \u201cpolitical prostitution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis kind of greed and political prostitution are unacceptable,\u201d Omtatah said, condemning Odinga\u2019s decision to merge his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) with Ruto\u2019s Kenya Kwanza camp. Omtatah continued, \u201cUnfortunately, Baba has turned out to be a political prostitute, unable to resist any offer. This makes the government illegitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senator\u2019s remarks come following a Daily Nation report indicating that Odinga has emerged as one of President Ruto\u2019s closest allies amid ongoing political turmoil. Once a staunch critic of Ruto\u2019s administration, Odinga now faces growing calls to denounce the government he previously condemned as \u2018illegitimate.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odinga\u2019s alliance with Ruto has strengthened amid mass protests, with both leaders exploring the formation of a \u201cbroad-based government,\u201d a term often interpreted as a government of national unity. Sources reveal that Odinga and Ruto have been holding regular meetings to discuss strategies for stabilizing the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the emerging alliance, Odinga defended Ruto at an ODM Parliamentary Group Meeting on July 17, rejecting calls for Ruto\u2019s resignation. \u201cRuto goes, then what? Gachagua could take over and continue bad policies or the military might intervene, leading to chaos,\u201d Odinga argued. \u201cWe are not saving Ruto; we are saving Kenya.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odinga\u2019s close allies deny any secret meetings with President Ruto at State House, Nairobi, amid concerns about the potential political repercussions. Speaking in Kakamega, Odinga defended himself against accusations of clandestine discussions with the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has launched a vehement critique against Raila Odinga, a principal in the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition, accusing him of betraying his opposition principles by aligning with President William Ruto\u2019s government. In a video that has surfaced online, Omtatah labeled Odinga\u2019s recent political shift as \u201cpolitical prostitution.\u201d \u201cThis kind of greed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/images-4-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15836,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15834\/revisions\/15836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}