Linda Wananchi to release report on 10-point agenda implementation

The ODM Linda Wananchi platform has announced plans to release an independent assessment report on implementation of the 10-Point Agenda agreed between the former party leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto.

Deputy party leader Godfrey Osotsi said the platform will publish a “People’s Report” detailing the true status of the reform commitments made to Kenyans under the agreement signed on March 7.

“Tomorrow Wednesday, we shall release a People’s Report presenting an independent assessment of the true status of the implementation of the 10-Point Agenda,” Osotsi said.

He said the move is aimed at defending ODM’s founding principles and the reform promises made to citizens.

Osotsi said Kenyans deserved a truthful and objective account of how far the reforms agreed under the National Dialogue Committee framework had progressed.

He warned that anything short of transparency would betray the sacrifices made by citizens who pushed for political and economic reforms.

The Vihiga Senator accused some leaders within ODM of spreading misleading narratives about the agreement, particularly claims that the pact had no implementation timeline and that March 7 merely marks as the anniversary of a symbolic signing ceremony.

According to Osotsi the interpretation was inaccurate and risked undermining the reform agenda that emerged from the National Dialogue Committee (Nadco) process and the nationwide protests that demanded governance reforms and economic accountability.

He maintained that the agreement signed at KICC was not a ceremonial political gesture but a product of sustained public agitation and negotiations aimed at addressing governance challenges, economic hardship and the protection of human rights.

Osotsi said he was directly involved in negotiations leading to the March 2025 agreement as well as the subsequent implementation framework signed by the two principals on August 6, 2025.

He said before the agreement was signed, ODM held internal consultations during which a proposal was floated to transform the engagement into a coalition pact between ODM and the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA).

However, he said Odinga rejected the proposal, insisting that the engagement with President Ruto should focus strictly on reforms rather than a political coalition arrangement.

The senator further disclosed that the ODM Central Management Committee later concluded that the government had failed to honour several commitments under the reform framework, prompting the establishment of a five-member oversight team to monitor implementation.

Despite this framework, Osotsi said the public had largely been fed with public relations narratives rather than clear and consistent updates on the progress of the reform agenda.

He warned that attempts to downplay the commitments made under the agreement risked eroding the ideals upon which ODM was founded.

“The National Dialogue Committee report and the subsequent 10-Point Agenda Agreement were not political conveniences. They were the result of sustained public agitation and national demand for reforms,” he said.

Osotsi said Kenyans paid a heavy price to secure the concessions and insisted that the commitments must not be trivialised or misrepresented for narrow political gain.

He said the forthcoming People’s Report would provide what he described as an honest and independent account of the progress — or lack thereof — in implementing the reforms that followed the Raila-Ruto engagement.