Thursday, February 18, 2021 - Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader, Musalia Mudavadi, Ford Kenya party leader, Moses Wetangula and Wiper Democratic Movement party leader, Kalonzo Musyoka, have urged Orange Democratic Movement(ODM) party leader, Raila Odinga, not to vie for the in 2022 because he will be selfish. Speaking as they led KANU, WIPER and FORD…
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THE STANDARD By
Barrack Muluka |
March 13th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The Sacred Alliance has scared the top brass of ODM. But it has not just scared them, it has given them a scar in Ematungu, the resting place of Nabongo Mumia (1849 – 1949). ODM is scarred following the electoral defeat last week in the by-election in the place modern people call Matungu. If we may not say with Thomas Hardy, “Think how the mighty are fallen,” could we at least say, “Think how the mighty are falling?”
For in the life of the current Parliament, the Orange Party has had bad outings in a series of by-elections. They have fallen in Ugenya, Embakasi South, Msambweni and now Matungu. The political behemoth of 2007 is shrinking and shriveling. It did not even field a candidate in the Kabuchai by-election. Kabuchai is the extended backyard of the rural home of ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna. Sifuna crowed during the campaigns that ODM was tired of carrying ANC and Ford Kenya baggag
THE STANDARD By
Nathan Ochunge |
March 8th 2021 at 10:31:27 GMT +0300
Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala surrendered himself to Kakamega Central Police station this morning to forestall earlier plans to have him arrested.
Malala, who arrived at the police station moments before 9.30 am, had indicated that he would present himself to record a statement over the chaos the rocked Matungu parliamentary by-election on Thursday last week.
The lawmaker was captured on video at a polling station confronting ODM leaders including Homabay Woman representative Gladys Wanga at Bulimbo Primary School tallying centre.
Amani National Congress candidate Peter Oscar Nabulindo clinched the seat followed closely by ODM’s David Aoko Were with United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate Alex Lanya finishing a distant third.