ODM Linda Ground team dismisses Sifuna’s Kisumu rally
ODM) supporters under the “Linda Ground” faction has downplayed the impact of a rival political gathering held in Kisumu County.
A section of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) supporters under the “Linda Ground” faction has downplayed the impact of a rival political gathering held in Kisumu County.
The supporters, who spoke to the press on Monday, April 27, 2026, dismissed the “Linda Mwananchi” rally staged on Sunday, saying it failed to shake ODM’s political stronghold in the region despite drawing a significant crowd.
Despite widespread expectations that the Linda Mwananchi meeting led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna would be marred by violence or disruption from hired goons, the event proceeded peacefully in Kisumu city on Sunday, April 26, 2026.
However, Linda Ground leaders, led by Chairperson Gladys Wanga, have characterised the large turnout as a choreographed event, alleging that the crowd was mobilised and paid to attend.
“Hiyo ni ndoto ya mchana. Ni ndoto ya mchana kwa sababu chama kime fanya uamuzi na sisi tunaendelea na huo uamuzi wa chama wale wa kuota waendelee kuota,” Wanga said.
According to Sam Atandi, the peaceful nature of the rally was a result of a deliberate decision by local leaders and the government to avoid a bloodbath.
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He claimed that intelligence reports suggested that the Linda Mwananchi organisers had heavily mobilised armed goons, and some individuals in their entourage were reportedly seen carrying weapons.
“We did not, as leaders and as government, want to lead our people into blood baths because whoever was going to gain, we also got intelligence information that the planners of the Linda Mwananchi Rally in Kisumu are heavily mobilising with goons and with weapons,” he said.
The Linda Mwananchi faction has stormed Kisumu city on Sunday, April 26, 2026, in a show of political strength in the region amid earlier threats by some local leaders that the rally would not take place in the city.
The rally comes amid escalating political friction in Nyanza, where rival factions have traded accusations over intimidation, disruption of meetings, and attempts to silence dissenting voices.
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