ODM’s Secretary General Edwin Sifuna was the first person to raise the white flag, conceeding the opposition party had ‘come short’ in the consticuency. “Congratulations to all winners in yesterday’s by-elections especially the ODM party candidates in Kisumu North and Dabaso Wards. We came up short in Msambweni and Wundanyi /Mbale but we regroup and forge ahead. Thanks to all our teams everywhere for the great effort,” he wrote on Twitter. His sentiments were echoed by ODM’s Director of Communications Philip Etale who congratulated the winning candidate in Msambweni. “Congratulation Feisal. Tomorrow is another day,” Etale wrote.