Oburu defends 10-Point agenda, says ODM should not return to opposition politics

ODM party leader Oburu Oginga has defended the implementation of the government’s 10-point agenda, dismissing claims by critics that the cooperation between the government and the party has delivered no results. 

Speaking in Bondo Siaya county, Oburu said some leaders have been misleading the public by claiming that the agenda has recorded zero progress. 

“Some people are saying there is zero performance in that agenda. Others are saying nothing has been done and that they are waiting to come to the government so that they can implement it,” he said.

 Oburu maintained that the cooperation between the ODM and the administration of President William Ruto has already started benefiting residents in the region. 

According to him, people in the area are beginning to see the impact of government programs and development initiatives linked to the broad-based political arrangement. 

“Our people are already feeling the warmth of the government,” he said.

 He questioned the logic of leaders who are calling for the region to abandon the cooperation arrangement and return to opposition politics.

 “How do you leave the government to go and join the opposition and then come back again to the government? I don’t understand that logic,” Oburu said. 

The ODM party leader warned that shifting to the opposition would not necessarily guarantee a return to power.

 “I am telling you that route will not bring you to the government,” he said. 

Oburu added that the Nyanza Region should not remain permanently in opposition politics, arguing that the region has spent many years outside government.

 “Our people were not born to be in the opposition forever. Let others also test the opposition. We have been there for a long time,” he said. 

He noted that the region has historically played a major role in opposition politics and protest movements in the country.

 “If it is demonstrations, we know more than all of them. They can even come to us for lessons,” he said. 

Oburu insisted that the current cooperation provides an opportunity for the region to influence national governance while ensuring development projects reach local communities. 

“We are moving forward and we will continue supporting efforts that benefit our people,” he said.