The back-to-back deliberations are viewed as a deliberate effort to steady the party after months of internal wars.
In the last few weeks, Oburu has been receiving streams of delegations drawn from different counties and interest groups, aimed at strengthening the party's national footprint and addressing concerns emerging from grassroots structures.
The pace of the meetings has accelerated this week, with the ODM leader hosting eight separate delegations by Wednesday, underscoring what party insiders say is a renewed push to reconnect with members and rebuild confidence in the outfit.
The Siaya senator has hosted delegations from Marsabit, Isiolo, Mandera, Wajir, Tana River, Turkana, Kilgoris, Nakuru and Baringo counties.
He also chaired a consultative meeting with the party’s county chairpersons and a section of Nairobi Members of County Assembly.
In a statement after hosting Baringo delegation, Oburu termed the engagements a strategy to strengthen the Orange party and expanding its reach.
“Our discussions centered on strengthening party cohesion, expanding our grassroots footprint, and positioning the party for future political milestones,” Oburu stated.
The consultations come at a time when ODM is grappling with internal turbulence that has threatened its traditional dominance in several regions.
The party has faced growing factional battles, leadership wrangles and defections that have weakened its influence in some of its long-standing strongholds, particularly in Western.
The outreach is also seen as an attempt to project ODM as a national party capable of attracting support beyond its traditional bases at a time when rival political formations are aggressively courting its supporters.
The renewed activity at Pawaa Centre comes against the backdrop of mounting concerns over ODM's electoral prospects following recent internal disputes that have exposed cracks within the party and fuelled fears of declining influence in key voting blocs.
On Wednesday, National Assembly Minority Whip Millie Odhiambo laid bare frictional wars in the party even as she cast doubts on the party’s performance in the next elections.
Speaking on Ramogi FM, the MP blamed what she termed strategic missteps by the leadership for the party's dwindling fortunes, pointing to the fallout with the Linda Mwananchi movement as one of the developments that has weakened ODM's grip in key regions.
According to the lawmaker, the party has continued to lose support in areas it once considered its political bastions because of internal divisions and poor management of dissent.
“I saw the party national chairperson projecting the party could get over 100 MPs in the coming elections, the reality is that we cannot achieve those numbers,” Millie said contradicting earlier projections by the party leadership.
“The bases we had have somehow slipped, seeing ODM uniforms being burnt (…in Western) is not a good signal.”
Her remarks contrast sharply with those of ODM national chairperson Gladys Wanga, who has repeatedly expressed confidence that the party will secure more than 100 seats in the 14th Parliament.
The same fears were also raised by Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo, warning that the party risk further fragmentation if certain issues are not addressed.
He specifically faulted the manner the party has handled cases of dissent which he noted may occasion further split.
“My view has always been and I said it in our meeting in Siaya, I told our party leader to gather all and scatter none. At that time the idea of removing anybody from any position had not arisen. Now that is water under bridge, there are people who have left and they have gone to Linda Mwananchi,” Otiende told the Star.
“It is still my view that even those of us who are remaining, there are still small underlying issues and it is important to address those issues because there can still be further fragmentation in the party and any fragmentation does not serve the party well, It serves the negative purposes.”
