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The writing is on the Orange wall

Recently a headline in one of the local dailies carried the phrase “The march is still on.” To a greater extent I agree that indeed the march is on and was on like more than three years ago. The Orange political brand has gone through a lot of phases and seasons in our times. The Orange has risen from a symbol of electoral referendum to an organization and a political vehicle. Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party is the most popular party by poll ratings and has enjoyed the same for the last close to five years. What is paining me most is that a party so popular like ODM can fail to maximize on the opportunity every election period presents to seize the moment. All manner of words have been said about the party and I have a few things personally I noted as the undoing for this popular party.   Positively the party over time has built a loyal membership nearly across the country. It is this loyalty from the grassroots support that has kept the party going in the midst of the