Insiders are also grumbling that ODM was sidelined in the distribution of the 70 constituencies created by the BBI Bill. “Raila is compromising in the hope that he would be backed for the presidency. But some critics have accused Orengo’s wing of pushing Raila out of the handshakeThere is even speculations that Orengo could be planning to make a stab at the presidency in 2022. However, Orengo is believed to have been discontented with the handshake from the word go, a deal Raila secretly executed alongside Suna East MP Junet Mohamed and his lawyer, Paul Mwangi. When Uhuru was visiting Kisumu after the truce following the bloody 2017 polls, Orengo demanded that the President should compensate victims of the violence.

Source: The Star May 01, 2021 02:03 UTC