Kilimani MCA Moses Ogeto will stay on as Majority Party Whip in the Nairobi County Assembly for now. The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal has suspended the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) decision to remove him. Tribunal chairperson Innocent Muganda issued the orders on Monday, November 9, the Eastleigh Voice and the Daily Nation reported.
The orders freeze an ODM letter dated October 27, 2026, until Ogeto's case is decided. They also bar the Assembly Speaker and the county assembly from changing any leadership positions on the basis of that letter. Any other action arising from the letter is blocked as well.
Ogeto filed an urgent application on November 9. Muganda certified it as urgent and first considered it ex parte, meaning without hearing the other side. The tribunal then directed Ogeto to serve ODM, its Executive Director and the other respondents. They have seven days from service to reply. Ogeto may file a further affidavit by midday on November 19. Both sides will argue the case on November 23 at 2.30pm.
ODM national chairperson and Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga had announced the changes, the Nation reported. She said they were agreed after consultations and in line with the party's internal procedures. She added that Ogeto had shifted his political allegiance to another party. According to the Nation, ODM gave that as the reason for ending his powers at City Hall under the party.
The party named Upper Savanna Ward MCA Stazo Omung'ala Elijah Ang'ila, until then the deputy whip, as the new Majority Whip. It appointed Imara Daima MCA Evans Okaru Nyangicha as his deputy. ODM also named Catherine Apiyo Okoth to the Nairobi City County Assembly Service Board. The party linked that appointment to its exit from the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party. The Registrar of Political Parties confirmed the exit in a letter dated June 11, 2026.
Ogeto has been an MCA since 2013 and is one of the assembly's longest-serving members. He recently moved to the Linda Mwananchi movement led by Senator Edwin Sifuna. He says he will use the movement to run for the Dagoretti North parliamentary seat in 2027. ODM's Beatrice Elachi currently holds that seat.
Ogeto has said he was ready for whatever step the party took. He said he was doing what the late ODM leader Raila Odinga wanted from leaders: serving the people and listening to their needs. Tuko reported that ODM had suspended him for associating with Sifuna. It said he spoke at City Hall on Wednesday after securing the orders.