Kenya: Ruth Odinga Calls for ODM to Open Leadership Space for Youth

Kisumu County Woman Representative Ruth Odinga has called for a radical shift within the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), urging the party to deliberately open up leadership space for young people and move beyond treating them as a voting bloc.

In a statement on her social media accounts on Sunday, January 25, Ruth, who is a sister to the late former prime minister Raila Odinga, noted that youth within the party have been abandoned and excluded from decision-making spaces.

The MP…