Confusion & Trouble In Cord

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Kalonzo denies endorsing Joho

Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has denied endorsing the Mombasa County governor candidate Hassan Joho.

The VP’s spokesman Kaplich Barsito dismissed reports that Mr Musyoka had supported Mr Joho's candidature for the governor seat saying his comment about him in Malindi was quoted out of context.

“The VP was just responding to what Mr Joho had said at the rally but he didn’t endorse him as the Mombasa governor and this should not be used to mean otherwise,” he told Nation on phone.

Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) candidates and supporters reacted sharply after word went round that the VP had endorsed Mr Joho as the preferred governor within the Cord coalition.

Several Wiper candidates in Mombasa County expressed disappointment that their party leader could support a different candidate from a partner party.

Meanwhile, the Somali community living in Mombasa County is divided on whom to support between Mr Joho and Wiper's Mr Suleiman Shahbal for the governor seat.

At a press conference on Saturday, a section of the community protested a planned meeting with Mr Joho saying they had not been involved as elders, youths or women leaders of the county.

“We cannot let certain individuals to use our community for selfish interests. That is why we are raising a red flag to protest the meeting with one of those seeking the governor seat," said Mohamed Hassan Dahir, the youth chairman.

Land injustices

Meanwhile, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) on Sunday reassured the Coastal residents that the coalition will address the problem of historical land injustices if it forms the next government.

While addressing a public rally at Mtwapa grounds, Mr Musyoka said that land was the basis for economic development and a solution should be found to historical land injustices in the area.

He said the Constitution will adequately address issue pertaining to land ownership, saying it is only Cord leadership that can be trusted to fully implement the Constitution.

Mr Musyoka said the Constitution will bring changes to Kenyans and ensure the rule of law is respected.

He said that Cord will ensure that education is free from nursery school to secondary school level as well as affordable university education.

Mr Musyoka also said that the coalition will ensure there are enough jobs for the youth in the country.

He regretted that tribalism was becoming the stumbling block to a united country and called for concerted efforts in the fight against negative ethnicity.

He said Kenyans have the right to live and work in any part of the country without being intimidated.

"Let us live as brothers and sisters and discourage any attempts to be divided on grounds of our tribes. There is no Kikuyu, Kamba or Kalenjin as we are all Kenyans," said Mr Musyoka

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ODM’s TROUBLEs in Rift Valley as SALLY KOSGEY campaigns for herself and NOT RAILA

Saturday February 9th 2013 - Confusion rocked Raila’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) yet again yesterday when Agriculture Minister Dr. Sally Kosgey differed publicly with her party boss, the Prime Minister Raila Odinga on the “six piece” voting pattern.

Addressing a series of rallies in Aldai constituency, the Minister who is also vying for MP in Aldai on an ODM ticket discouraged residents against voting along party lines, a philosophy the Prime Minister holds dear in this coming election and has come out openly advocating for it.

The Minister downplayed the idea saying it has no place in 21st Century politics. She urged people to choose individuals with development track records like her who can spur the economy of the constituency to the next level. She asked her people to consider her as a person and not the party she is using.

Kosgey credited herself for not only using her CDF more transparently and accountable but also her global connections to spur development projects in Aldai.

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Is RAILA’s CORD alliance headed for TROUBLE in Western Kenya?
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Saturday February 9th 2013 - Trouble is brewing within Raila’s CORD alliance as a result of an incident where Wetangula’s Ford Kenya candidate was forcefully evicted from a joint ODM campaign launch in Amagoro, Busia county yesterday.

Mrs. Cynthia Mutere, a woman representative on a Ford Kenya ticket was ready to join an ODM team only to be chased away. Ford Kenya party which is also a member of CORD alliance has been appealing to its partners for tolerance and to be treated with respect.

It seems there is too much hypocrisy and sabotage within CORD alliance after Planning Minister Wicliffe Oparanya indicated that ODM may not work with other smaller parties within CORD alliance. The event witnessed in Amagaro may be just a pointer towards what Oparanya envisaged.

Just recently other smaller parties launched an attack on Muthama’s remarks which sought to undermine small parties within CORD.

Mutere blamed ODM officials for her woos but vowed to soldier on despite this act of sabotage. She challenged all member parties within CORD to work as one unit if they have to form the next government.

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Is RAILA’s CORD alliance headed for TROUBLE in Western Kenya?
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Saturday February 9th 2013 - Trouble is brewing within Raila’s CORD alliance as a result of an incident where Wetangula’s Ford Kenya candidate was forcefully evicted from a joint ODM campaign launch in Amagoro, Busia county yesterday.

Mrs. Cynthia Mutere, a woman representative on a Ford Kenya ticket was ready to join an ODM team only to be chased away. Ford Kenya party which is also a member of CORD alliance has been appealing to its partners for tolerance and to be treated with respect.

It seems there is too much hypocrisy and sabotage within CORD alliance after Planning Minister Wicliffe Oparanya indicated that ODM may not work with other smaller parties within CORD alliance. The event witnessed in Amagaro may be just a pointer towards what Oparanya envisaged.

Just recently other smaller parties launched an attack on Muthama’s remarks which sought to undermine small parties within CORD.

Mutere blamed ODM officials for her woos but vowed to soldier on despite this act of sabotage. She challenged all member parties within CORD to work as one unit if they have to form the next government.

As if not enough, Jirongo has gone under after he sponsored Kisia against Kidero in Nairobi and ODM sponsored Shanyisa against him in Kakamega. It is also reported elsewhere that Onyonka is campaigning for TNA and PDP candidates in Kisii at the expense of Chris Obure and other ODM candidates.

I think CORD's individual parties are coming to the realization that the national course is already lost and therefore a burning need to build their own parties for strategic negotiations with the jubilee government post election.

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and the list continues...

Go on. Keep on posting. I see it makes some very happy... which makes me think of the things they are not ready to face...

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Feb 10, 2013 20:46:11 GMT 3 mwalimumkuu said:

Feb 10, 2013 20:10:29 GMT 3 nowayhaha said:

Is RAILA’s CORD alliance headed for TROUBLE in Western Kenya?
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I think CORD's individual parties are coming to the realization that the national course is already lost and therefore a burning need to build their own parties for strategic negotiations with the jubilee government post election.

Mwalimumkuu,

The Raila presidency is by now a foregone conclusion those members vying in smaller parties want to flex their muscles and that's fine; it has all along been known there will be areas where there will be such a case where MPs and other candidates would vie from different parties while supporting Raila.

I am sure you have read about the declaration of all URP candidates in Nakuru County that they will and will work with Raila--a major blow to Jubilee and big boost for Raila in the critical county.

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Major BOOST for UHURU as RAILA’s top Coast pointman joins the UHURU/RUTO’s Jubilee alliance

Monday February 11, 2013 - Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s Presidential bid received a huge boost on Sunday, after a prominent coast leader joined the Jubilee alliance.

Sheikh Juma Ngao, who was Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) point man at the Coast region, dumped Prime Minister Raila Odinga saying he had been pressurised by Coast residents to join the Jubilee alliance.

Ngao said he left CORD alliance because majority of Muslim and Christian clerics from the Coast are backing the Jubilee alliance.

“I have two main reasons for joining Jubilee; first, I felt if we were all in CORD and then Jubilee wins the election, most religious leaders would not be represented in government,” Ngao said.

The other reason, he said is because Uhuru needs strong religious leaders to advise him on the implementation of the Constitution and advance the reform agenda.

Ngao was accompanied by more than 100 Islamic clerics who also moved to Jubilee alliance saying it is a winning team.

They vowed to launch door to door campaigns in Mombasa County, expressing confidence that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta will be the fourth President of Republic of Kenya.

This is a major boost for Uhuru’s Presidential bid especially in cementing the swing coastal vote.

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ODM’s self-inflicted nomination wounds yet to heal in Nyanza

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Crowds at rallies defied the Cord presi-dential candidate and heckled his preferred contenders

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That ODM’s self-inflicted wounds in Nyanza are yet to heal came out openly during Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s tour of the region.

Crowds at rallies defied the Cord presidential candidate and heckled his preferred candidates for various positions.

This is unheard of in a region where support for Mr Odinga is the highest nationally.

In Homa Bay, where there were widespread protests against the party’s primaries, police had to intervene to disperse a hostile crowd in a rally attended by the PM.

Immigration minister Otieno Kajwang, who got the party’s nod to contest the senate seat against a strong grassroots wave, was heckled off the podium.

And in Siaya county where the nominations debacle involved his brother Oburu Oginga, the Prime Minister was told No to his face when he asked that voters elect ODM candidates.

Dr Oginga went head to head with youthful William Oduol for the governor’s ticket. Dr Oginga was declared winner amid protests by Oduol and his supporters.

In the end, both missed the ticket which went to third-placed Rasanga Amoth.

Oduol defected to the National Agenda Party while Dr Oginga will be nominated to Parliament.

In Gem, Jakoyo Midiwo, another relative of the PM was given the ticket amid claims that his rival, Mr Elisha Ochieng’, had won.

Last week’s was the first visit to the region by Mr Odinga since the disputed nominations.

It was meant to pacify ODM supporters and convince them to fall in line behind party candidates.

But what came out instead is that whereas Mr Odinga’s presidential vote may be safe, all the other positions are up for grabs.

There will be no six-piece voting here. His call for “six-piece” voting pattern attracted open hostility from crowds.

Many of the aspirants who felt short-changed in ODM crossed over to Cord affiliate parties including Ford Kenya, Peoples Democratic Party and Wiper Democratic Movement.

But Mr Odinga has been pushing for voters in Nyanza to ignore these candidates.

It is obvious that this could cause friction even in the post-election period as the allies jostle for influence.

Vice President

Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka who was campaigning In Western already took issue with what he called a move by the Orange party to sideline other coalition partners in its campaigns.

He said “side-lining other parties in the campaigns would cost CORD and its presidential candidate”.

In the past elections, Mr Odinga has managed to galvanise the Luo vote in a pattern referred to as three-piece suit, where they voted the president, MP and councillors from the same party.

His alliance with Ford Kenya and Wiper has however dimmed the notion that whoever is picked on the Odinga-led political party can as well start operating like a real election winner.

Mr Tom Mboya, a political scientist from Maseno University says that the competition of parties within the same alliance is good for democracy as it gives the electorate an option of choosing leaders of their choice.

But he says the move by any of the principals to prefer candidates from their own parties would not only breed mistrust but commence the beginning of a protracted power battle.

“The electorate must be allowed to choose their own leaders so that the alliance can grow. Free and fair completion among the parties will help the alliance and avoid mistrust and suspicions,” argues Mr Mboya.

According to a Nyanza civil society activist Mr Collins Okoth, whereas the PM will have his presidential vote intact, it will be no surprise to get candidates elected on parties other than ODM.

“The electorate is wiser and more informed and they have seen it in other parts of the country that electing a good leader irrespective of the party is very productive.”

But Mr Okoth warns that the effect of ODM’s botched nominations could also eat into the PMs core vote basket.

“The nominations were a sham to say the least. In some places they never took place at all. This could attract a lot of apathy as the voters will feel that they are endorsing products of a flawed process,” says Mr Okoth.

Majority of the aspirants contesting with the CORD affiliate parties in the counties of Migori, Homa Bay and Siaya were emphatic that it would amount to betrayal for the ODM leaders to turn around and insist on the six piece suit voting pattern.

The PM’s close lieutenants that included ministers James Orengo (lands), Dalmas Otieno (Public service), Fred Gumo (Regional Development) and Otieno Kajwang (Immigration) had stirred the storm during the campaign in Nyanza by insisting that the only way for Mr Odinga to be safe if he ascends to the presidency is by voting in ODM candidates.

The remarks did not however go down well with majority of the candidates with the CORD affiliate parties that were in attendance.

They included an aspirant for the gubernatorial position in Migori County Okoth Obado of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and veteran politician, Oluoch Kanindo who is vying for the senatorial position as an Independent.

Most of the candidates on the CORD affiliate parties want the voters to decide who clinches the various seats after they were “rigged” out at nominations.

In Homa Bay County, the various groups allied to ODM and those from CORD affiliate parties engaged in a shouting match during a rally at the Homa Bay High School grounds.

But according to former Nyakach MP Peter Odoyo, the protests are largely against the shambolic primaries as opposed to a direct protest against Mr Odinga.

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KALONZO meets a HOSTILE RECEPTION in Mombasa - BOOED and HECKLED by ODM supporters

Monday February 11, 2013 - Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka was booed and heckled at an ODM rally in Mombasa County on Monday.

Kalonzo, who was campaigning for Wiper Democratic Movement candidate, Suleiman Shahbal met stiff resistance from ODM youths who shouted at him.

Confusion and heckling started when the ODM Kisauni parliamentary aspirant Rashid Benzimba, a close ally of Hassan Joho arrived in the company of youths chanting Joho’s name and calling Kalonzo “watermelon”

Benzimba told the crowd that Mombasa was an ODM zone and Kalonzo should not come to the County to confuse them with “a little known” party called Wiper.

“Mombasa is an ODM zone and we are confident of taking all the seats,”Benzimba said.
But Kalonzo, who was calm and composed during the melee, urged the rowdy youths to maintain peace for the sake of unity.

“Let us campaign peacefully and elect peacefully. There is no bad blood between us. This is siblings’ rivalry,” the VP told an infuriated crowd.

The move comes barely a day after reports emerged that Kalonzo had endorsed Hassan Joho instead of his party candidate Shahbal for Mombasa gubernatorial race.

The VP is said to have made the remarks in Malindi but his Communications Director Kaplich Barsito said he had been “misquoted”

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Nowayhaha,

When it rains, it pours; trouble must be Raila's second name. One has to feel for Kalonzo, this is a man that no one in ODM, not even the low lives in there have ever considered nor treated with the respect he deserves, but for reasons beyond me, he still found his way there. He must have been very desperate and 'optionless' kabisa.

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Feb 13, 2013 7:34:02 GMT 3 mwalimumkuu said:

Nowayhaha,

When it rains, it pours; trouble must be Raila's second name. One has to feel for Kalonzo, this is a man that no one in ODM, not even the low lives in there have ever considered nor treated with the respect he deserves, but for reasons beyond me, he still found his way there. He must have been very desperate and 'optionless' kabisa.

as dsparate as ruto and uhuru. last time around, they were both caught up in organizing and overseeing the slaughter of each other's folks.

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RAILA ODINGA SHOCKED as MERU RESIDENTS attend his rally with UHURU KENYATTA’s regalia

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Friday February 15, 2013 - Prime Minister Raila Odinga was on Thursday shocked at a rally in Meru, after area residents attended his rally wearing Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s caps and T- shirts.

Although the rally continued with calm, the PM was shocked to learn that majority of Meru residents were wearing Uhuru Kenyatta’s caps and T-shirts.

This forced the PM to call for an urgent meeting with his campaign chiefs after the rally, to question on whether they lacked campaign materials to offer to Meru people.

In other news, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka was booed and heckled at a rally in Chuka town on Thursday.

The VP, who is Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s running mate in CORD alliance, was forced to apologise to the area residents for verbally attacking Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s development record.

Kalonzo was forced to cut short his rally and fly off the venue, after rowdy youths continuously heckled and booed him.

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RAILA ODINGA booed and heckled at rally in EMBU over UHURU statement

Friday February 15, 2013 - Reports reaching our news desk indicate that Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) Presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga has had a hard time selling his ideas in Embu and at one point had stones hurled towards his entourage at a rally in the Upper Eastern, town.

Raila was addressing a rally in Embu town where he attacked Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s track record, saying he cannot be trusted on implementing land reforms since he is a beneficiary of massive land grabbing during the previous regime.

At first the crowd who had gathered for the rally booed him and heckled him but as he continued with verbal attacks on Uhuru, the crowd became hostile and began pelting small stones at the dias where the PM was sitting.

Commotion and confusion rocked the rally where the PM’s elite guards were forced to do an extra work to protect the PM from the wrath of the public.

More to follow…..

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Police fire teargas at RAILA ODINGA’s rally after residents BOOED and HECKLED him in his NYANZA backyard

Monday February 18, 2013 - Police were on Sunday forced to use teargas to disperse a crowd which heckled and booed Prime Minister Raila Odinga at a rally in Muhoroni constituency, Nyanza region.

Trouble started after the PM, who was in the region campaigning for his Presidential bid, endorsed immediate former Muhoroni MP Ayiecho Olweny and his Nyando counterpart Fred Outa.

The PM introduced the two but the crowd shouted down the PM forcing the MPs to escape to their vehicles until the PM finished his address.

At Ahero Trading Centre, rowdy youths shouted down the PM saying he is dictating them on whom to vote in during the March 4th.

Police were forced to lob teargas canisters to a section of the crowd after they became too unruly.

The PM was accompanied by Cabinet Ministers Henry Kosgei, Anyang Nyong’o, James Orengo, Fred Gumo and MPs Ayiecho Olweny, Fred Outa and Mager Langat.

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At the same time, drama unfolded at some point during the rally as hundreds of youths donning United Republican Party heckled Regional Minister Fred Gumo and former MP Kalembe Ndile when they spoke.

The youths booed Mr Gumo when he asked the residents to embrace Cord instead of “other small parties like Kanu.

Mr Ndile accused the Kibaki government of promoting favouritism in key appointments.

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At the same time, drama unfolded at some point during the rally as hundreds of youths donning United Republican Party heckled Regional Minister Fred Gumo and former MP Kalembe Ndile when they spoke.

The youths booed Mr Gumo when he asked the residents to embrace Cord instead of “other small parties like Kanu.

Mr Ndile accused the Kibaki government of promoting favouritism in key appointments.

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Feb 22, 2013 1:21:03 GMT 3 mwalimumkuu said:

Feb 21, 2013 23:32:04 GMT 3 nowayhaha said:

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At the same time, drama unfolded at some point during the rally as hundreds of youths donning United Republican Party heckled Regional Minister Fred Gumo and former MP Kalembe Ndile when they spoke.

The youths booed Mr Gumo when he asked the residents to embrace Cord instead of “other small parties like Kanu.

Mr Ndile accused the Kibaki government of promoting favouritism in key appointments.

This is a normal scenario big infact down at the coast where I am resident several similar incidents have been experience by Jublilee leaders. The fact that they have not been given prominence & am specifically citing incidents in Lamu & Voi, do your homework buddy.

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Kalonzo quells dissent among CORD affiliates

Updated 2 hrs 30 mins ago

By Daniel Nzia

KENYA: Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has moved to quell wrangles among candidates from parties affiliated to CORD in Makueni and Machakos counties.

The VP has spent the last two days campaigning for CORD in Makueni County where he sought to assure voters that he would not impose any candidate on them.

Kalonzo visited the area as political temperatures heightened, with aspirants from the so-called small parties under the alliance accusing his Wiper party of seeking to sideline them.

The parties have been uncomfortable with Wiper’s insistence that voters elect its candidates only in the March 4 General Election.

Muungano Party leader and Makueni gubernatorial aspirant Kivutha Kibwana recently confronted the VP over the matter and demanded his intervention.

This was after Machakos Senate candidate Johnson Muthama urged the electorate to elect Wiper’s Prof Philip Kaloki as governor at a campaign rally at Unoa Primary School Grounds in the presence of Prof Kivutha.

“It is unfair for leaders from outside our county to come here and drum up support for certain candidates while we all belong to the CORD alliance,” said Kivutha.

Mounting disquiet

The disquiet is threatening to split the CORD partners down the middle, a move observers say could affect the presidential vote in the county.

At one point, supporters of the small parties’ aspirants threatened to team up and throw their weight behind other candidates outside the alliance.

The VP who addressed several rallies in Kibwezi, Makueni, Kilome, Kaiti and Mbooni constituencies said Wiper had dropped the six-piece suit campaign to allow a free and fair competition.

Democratic right


“I will not impose any particular candidate on you. It is your democratic right to choose any candidate from the CORD affiliate parties,” said the VP.

At some of the rallies, Kalonzo was forced to step in to cool temperatures as supporters of the Prof Kaloki and Prof Kibwana went for each other’s necks.

“The CORD top leadership should stop favoring certain candidates because all of us belong to the alliance and should be accorded equal treatment as we hunt for votes,”said Will Malile, a Muungano parliamentary candidate for Kibwezi East.

“People are no longer interested in voting for candidates on party lines but their ability to deliver,” said a Muungano supporter who did not wish to be named.

As Kalonzo strives to put the CORD house in order, he is also faced with the challenge of stopping his long time political archrival Charity Ngilu.

The Water minister has pitched tent in the three counties campaigning for the Jubilee presidential flag bearer Uhuru Kenyatta.

Ngilu, who is facing off with Defence Assistant minister David Musila for the Kitui County Senate seat, has vowed to ensure CORD is defeated.

“Ngilu is a renown political fighter and CORD has to go back to the drawing table to plan how to tackle her,” said Davies Musau, a Narc official.

It remains to be seen if the VP will manage the two top seats in the three counties.

In Makueni, Education minister Mutula Kilonzo of the Wiper party is battling with wealthy outgoing Kilome MP John Harun Mwau of PICK to become the first Senator.

In Machakos, the immediate former Kangundo MP Jonhstone Muthama of Wiper is seen as the frontrunner for the Senate seat and will fight it out with Boniface Kabaka of Ford People.

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Cord calls for tolerance as crowd turns unruly

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A Cord rally attended by Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Kabarnet, Baringo County was almost cut short on Saturday after a section of the crowd began to chant Jubilee slogans.

This was the second time Cord was facing such hostility. A rally in Embu a week ago was also disrupted by rowdy youth.

Roads minister Franklin Bett and his Regional Development counterpart Fred Gumo had a hectic time trying to calm the crowd at Kabarnet Municipal Stadium as Mr Odinga watched.

“We should learn to tolerate each other’s divergent views. Even when somebody is going to marry, nobody chases the bridegroom away even if you are not happy with him,” said the former Bureti MP, speaking in Kalenjin.

He later urged the Kalenjin community to support Mr Odinga’s presidential bid, saying that he has their interests at heart.

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Monday February 24,2013 - Amani coalition Presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi has told off his rivals that he is well prepared to clinch the Presidency on March 4th,within the first ‘90 minutes’.

Speaking at Shianda market in Kakamega on Sunday, Mudavadi who is immediate former Sabatia MP, dismissed the candidature of Jubilee Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta and CORD’s Raila Odinga, saying the two are harbouring personal vendetta and may hamper peace efforts.

Meanwhile, UDF and ODM supporters clashed at a rally attended by Musalia Mudavadi in Mumias on Sunday evening.

Supporters of UDF party pelted stones at a caravan of ODM, which was from a campaign rally in the newly created Navakholo constituency.

One man was seriously injured and admitted at St Mary’s Mission Hospital.

The windscreen of Pajero carrying ODM chief campaigner Suleiman Sumba was shattered.
Musalia and other UDF officials watched as Amani supporters chased away the ODM group telling them Western is an Amani coalition zone.

Sumba accused police of laxity saying they watched them at a distance as they were beaten by Musalia Mudavadi‘s goons.

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Home / News / Nyanza POLITICIANS SHOCKED after PC asks for ambulances to take care of them after LOSING ELECTIONS
Nyanza POLITICIANS SHOCKED after PC asks for ambulances to take care of them after LOSING ELECTIONS

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Tuesday February 26, 2013 - Nyanza Provincial Commissioner Mr. Francis Mutie yesterday shocked residents of Kisumu by his rare call for more ambulances in the area to take care of election losers.

Speaking at Jomo Kenyatta Grounds during a forum to educate the public on the importance of peace during and after the elections, Mr. Mutie predicted the likely hood of many Nyanza politicians suffering from shock after the announcement of results.

He said that majority of the aspirants were very confident of winning elections and are not prepared to lose, something that makes them more vulnerable to post poll shocks if the reverse happens, hence the need for ambulances.

The PC noted that such cases of the post election shocks have happened before and some Nyanza regions being hotly contested such experiences are very much inevitable.

He challenged all the aspirants in the area to work hard in winning the elections but even harder towards loosing the elections honorably.