THE BIASED STATE TO THE ODINGA'S FAMILY

The former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and her sister the Kisumu deputy governor Ruth Odinga.

Kisumu Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga has accused the State of side-lining the Odingas because of her brother's political ambition. Ruth said her family members were being sidelined in political leadership because of their relationship to National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga. Ruth alleged members of the larger Odinga family were finding it difficult to get elective and public service jobs. Opening up on the impact of the country's politics on her family, Ruth appealed to Kenyans not to treat the rest of the Odinga family unfairly and or with political contempt.

She gave an example of Nominated MP Oburu Odinga whose attempt to run for the Bondo parliamentary seat and application to become a member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) were met with protests where she quoted that.
"Why should there be protests when any member of the Odinga family runs for an elective post just because of Raila, despite our qualifications?" posed Ruth, who is keen on retaining her position as deputy governor by being appointed the running mate to ODM nominee governorship nominee Anyang' Nyong'o. She claimed that a section of ODM supporters were also sidelining the Odingas over their brother, Raila

THE SULTAN'S RUNNING MATE

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has finally picked his county secretary to be his running mate in the August elections. Mr Joho, who is also the Orange Democratic Movement deputy party leader, had chosen Francis Thoya after a long search following the defection of deputy governor Hazel Katana to Jubilee Party.

Mr Thoya, who at one time served as county executive member for Lands, was picked out of three possible candidates. The other three were head of Jumuiya ya Kaunti ya Pwani (JKP) secretary and dean at Technical University of Mombasa’s School of Business William Kingi, and county Education and Children executive Tendai Lewa Mtana.

. Mombasa will witness a heated race for governorship with Joho defending his seat against senator Hassan Omar of Wiper Democratic Movement, Suleiman Shahbal (Jubilee Party) and Nyali MP Hezron Awiti of Vibrant Democratic Party (VDP) where both of the candidates running mates are from Mijikenda community.

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has finally picked his county secretary to be his running mate in the August elections. Sources indicated Mr Joho, who is also the Orange Democratic Movement deputy party leader, had chosen Francis Thoya after a long search following the defection of deputy governor Hazel Katana to Jubilee Party
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