President William Ruto and ODM leader Oburu Oginga are set to hold a three-day retreat with governors, deputy governors and Members of Parliament to map out how they will win the 2027 presidential election. Party sources told reporters that Ruto and Oburu will use the retreat to formally kick off work on the election manifesto and to settle the contentious issue of the running mate. The retreat is expected to take Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and ODM’s partnership a decisive step further by officially launching talks on a joint 2027 election manifesto. In recent weeks, Oburu announced that both ODM and UDA appointed five-member technical teams that have already started drafting the manifesto. Rather than campaign separately and negotiate after an election, ODM and UDA plan to present Kenyans with a single governing blueprint.