Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Oburu Oginga has met with Secretary General Edwin Sifuna amid an onslaught against the Nairobi Senator from party members accusing him of defying party position on the broadbased government arrangement.

Viral photos released by the party on Wednesday, January 7, showed Oburu and Sifuna sitting across each over a table in what appeared like the latter’s office.

However, the social media post did not elaborate on the agenda of their engagement or the time the event happened.

“Secretary General, Senator Edwin Sifuna, this morning called on the Party Leader, Senator Oburu Oginga, at his office in Nairobi. Their meeting centred on the unity and the growth of the party,” read the caption attached to the pair of photos.

Notably, the meeting came just a day after Migori Senator Eddy Oketch withdrew his petition calling for Sifuna to be dewhipped and from the position and expelled from the party claiming that he was imposing his personal opinions on the party despite role as the official spokesperson of the outfit.

Speaking during an interview with a local station, early Wednesday, Oketch revealed that he retreated on Oburu’s intervention but threatened to restart the process if the internal squabbles rocking ODM are not resolved in a week’s time.

“We are giving an ultimatum that within the next week, if these conversations are not resolved, then we must give party members clarity and remove the confusion,” he said.

Sifuna has on numerous occasions stated his opposition to President William Ruto and the Kenya Kwanza administration despite an ODM-UDA pact that is expected to lead to a collaboration of the two parties in the 2027 elections.

However, a bitter public spat between Sifuna and National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed over an alleged misappropriation of funds meant to pay agents during Raila Odinga’s failed 2022 presidential run turned a friendly fire into a fierce battle.

According to Sifuna, Junet pocketed the said funds, an allegation the Suna East MP denied and instead blamed former President Uhuru Kenyatta of betrayal despite public support of their candidate.

Faced with a looming ouster, Sifuna defiantly dared his accusers to proceed with the plan.

“There is no one who can expel me from ODM,” he stated.