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  • Ruto Allied Jubilee MPs Want IEBC To Disqualify ODM’s Imran Okoth

    Ruto Allied Jubilee MPs Want IEBC To Disqualify ODM’s Imran Okoth

    After ODM accusing DP Ruto of changing his Karen Home to an IEBC headquarter, a section of Jubilee Party legislators have now called on IEBC to disqualify the Orange Democratic Movement candidate Imran Okoth from the November 7 Kibra parliamentary by-election.

    The Ruto alied MPs who had earlier today attended a church service at PCEA Emmanuel Church in Makina on Sunday, criticized the Sartiday’s invasion on Jubilee Party candidate McDonald Mariga as he campaigned in Kibra.

    Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa and his Lang’ata counterpart Nixon Korir accused Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati of inciting youths to stone Mr Mariga’s convoy.

    “Let all candidates and political parties embrace peace and give Kibra people a chance to decide who they want,” said Mr Ichung’wa.

    The DP Ruto sycophants similarly cussed at Kieleweke team led by nominated MP Maina Kamanda for scattering propaganda.

    According to them, which probably is the same thought of their boss William Ruto, Maina Kamanda who is only nominated because of his background was misleading Kenyans that President Uhuru Kenyatta does not support  Rito’s candidate Donald Mariga.

    “Let them (Kieleweke) respect the President and stop lying that they have been sent (to Kibra) by him. It is shameful the youths who attacked Mr Mariga’s convoy yesterday (Saturday) have followed us here and destroyed window panes,” said Mr Korir.

    Nixon Korir, the Lang’ata legislator stated that he’s going to write to the IEBC to disqualify the ODM candidate over the violence.

    “(Mr) Raila Odinga is in the government courtesy of handshake hence we are free to ask for votes anywhere. The handshake did not come to finish democracy,” he said.

    Mariga on his side called out on political leaders to stop manipulating youths to mete out turmoil on their competitors.

    “The youths should not be used to unleash chaos on opponents, violence never pays, I have forgiven those who assaulted us,” said Mr Mariga.

  • Imran Okoth Secures ODM Kibra Nomination Ticket

    Imran Okoth Secures ODM Kibra Nomination Ticket

    Bernard Otieno Okoth alias Imran a brother to the late Kibra MP Ken Okoth wins the Kibra O.D.M party nominations.

    Imran is set to battle it out with Jubilee’s MacDonald Mariga, Ford Kenya’s Eng. Khamisi Butichi, ANC’s Eliud Owalo and Dorn Anaclet of the Democratic Party for the Kibra National Assembly seat.

    More to follow

  • Oluoch: Okoth’s Successor Should Come From His Family Not The Raila’s

    Oluoch: Okoth’s Successor Should Come From His Family Not The Raila’s

    Raila Odinga is once again on the political frying pan after the family of the late former immediate Kibra MP Ken Okoth asks him to endorse one of their own.

    Imran Okoth, the younger brother to the late Okoth wants ODM party and it’s leader, Raila, to endorse one of them as the next Kibra mp.

    Oluoch appealed to Raila just a day after the late Okoth’s body was cremated at Kariokor cemetery in Nairobi on the morning of Saturday.

    Elvis Oluoch, the Nephew to the late Okoth, told local press that the family will be sending plenipotentiary to ODM’s leader Raila Odinga to get plans of endorsing Imran Okoth, the former MP’s personal assistant and younger brother as the Kibra MP.

    Imran Okoth, was the led and organizer of development projects in Kibra constituency for three years that the late Okoth was away for medication.

    “We want to appeal to Raila to see if he can give one of the family members that opportunity to take care of the next three years,” Oluoch said.

    “We have one Imran in mind. He was the personal assistant to Ken and was the one taking care of everything when Ken was sick. So we thought he is the right person to do that because he knew every plan Ken had concerning Kibra.” Imran added.

    Raila, whose own daughter Rosemary Odinga, had ambitions to vie for the now vacant seat, is supposed to make his decision both as ODM’s party leader and as a family friend to the Late Okoth’s family.

    Early 2017, Raila’s daughter Rosemary, withdrew from the Kibra parliamentary race and most of her political ambitions on medical grounds.

    “It is following my doctor’s advice that for the time being, I will continue serving my community in other capacities and regrettably bow out of the race for Member of Parliament,” Rosemary said while addressing the media at her Hospital room in South Africa.

    Rosemary had launched her bid to vie for the Kibra seat in January 2017, but was later taken ill and transferred to South Africa for further specialized treatment of a brain stroke that left her partially visually impaired.

    Rosemary was, preferably Raila’s choice in the fight to get ODM’s ticket.

    Rosemary was set to fight it out with the former immediate late MP Ken Okoth, Mr Eliud Owalo the former Raila’s aide and Martin Okoth.

    Raila has been the Kibra MP for over 20 years and Kibra being his ODM’s zones will have the final say on who, the Party will endorse and wishes to succeeds the late Okoth.

    Will he choose one of his own or he will go as the Okoth’s family wishes? Time will tell.

    Kenya has been having political inheritance in most, even though not all, of events where the leader succumbs to longtime illnesses.

    The latest of them being Kitui West MP Edith Nyenze who was elected to succeed her husband, Francis Nyenze, who succumbed to cancer.

    Political heirs seem like the best decision to give the bereaved Family an appreciation of the well the late has been doing to the society.

    The change of Kibra is inevitable and Herculean political and social steps towards that realization have to, if not, must be cohered to.

    Raila has to make a sagacious decision between his own family, Okoth’s family and most definitely, without doubt  the larger Kibra family.