"Unfair if It Is His Own Conviction": Alai Defends Raila Junior in the Odinga Family Dispute

Political commentator Robert Alai has turned attention from party politics to the Odinga family itself. He questioned why Raila Odinga Junior would be criticised by members of his own family for aligning with Oburu Odinga and the ODM political establishment.

According to Alai, such criticism would be unfair if Junior's position reflects his own political convictions. His remarks suggest that disagreements over party leadership and alliances may be producing divisions inside the wider family, which Alai described as reported tensions involving Raila's children.

The backdrop is the vacuum left by the former prime minister, whose influence reached beyond party politics into national debates on governance, democracy and alliances. His absence, the story says, has raised questions about how ODM will organise itself and keep its political identity.

The story leaves much unanswered. It does not say who in the family has criticised Junior, what they said, or whether Junior has responded. It also does not say which relatives Alai means. What is on record is Alai's view, not the family's own account.