PREMIUM ODM headache in the city as MPs publicly back Babu Owino Politics Just now Listen
In Homa Bay, Mr Owino questioned why ODM wanted to hand the party’s gubernatorial ticket to Mr Sakaja, arguing that the governor had never stood with the party at any level or supported the late ODM leader Raila Odinga.
This is despite second-term Makadara MP George Aladwa, who is the party’s Nairobi County chairman, declaring his bid to unseat Governor Johnson Sakaja.
ODM is currently seen as lacking a formidable candidate for the Nairobi governorship, a situation that could explain why some legislators and party supporters have openly backed Mr Owino.
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