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  • Coast ODM Leaders Rally Behind Joho For 2027 President

    Coast ODM Leaders Rally Behind Joho For 2027 President

    Coast Elected leaders allied to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have endorsed former Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho for president in 2027.

    The leaders said it was time Coast had their own in the race to statehouse so as to become the sixth president of the Republic of Kenya.

    Speaking during food distribution exercise for Muslims during the Holy Month of Ramadhan at Nidhamia hall in Malindi attended by over 10 legislators including Senators, Women Reps and MPs for Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale the leaders openly told Joho who was present to soldier on his agenda as he had the full backing of the leaders.

    Those present included host and vocal Malindi MP Amina Mnyazi, Kilifi Senator Stwart Madzayo, Kwale Senator Boy Juma Boy, Mombasa Senator Mohamed Faki,Kilifi Woman Rep Getrude Mbeyu , Mombasa Woman Rep Zamzam Mohamed MPs Mishi Mboko, Kisauni MP Rashid Benzimba, Magarini MP Harrison Kombe, Mombasa Woman Rep Zamzam Mohamed,Mvita MP Machele Mohamed

    Also present were a host of MCA s from Mombasa Kilifi and Kwale together with ODM Youth Fikirini Jacobs, among others.

    Joho while accepting the endorsement since his declaration of interest to become president others have begun telling him to go slow and talk with others.

    He said it’s time for him to become the party leader and will not step back until he becomes president.

    Kilifi Senator Stewart Madzayo on his part urged Coast resident to desist from being divided on political grounds and remain united to make sure Joho becomes president.

    He said once Raila goes to the AUC then he should be succeeded by Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho.

    “Of all those who want to succeed Raila no one matches Joho, no one, so all of us as brothers lets unite and ensure we support Joho,” he said.

    The Vocal Malindi Member of Parliament Amina Mnyazi openly told the constituents to allow her to accompany joho in his countrywide campaigns for his presidency as she was determined to see him win the top seat.

    A section of Coast ODM leadership endorsing Joho.

    She said it’s time for Coastal leaders to come together and show full support for Joho’s presidential bid as he was the only leader to take the region to another level.

    “We want all of you and even the Media to ensure that Joho is all over the social media mainstream media like NTV Citizen, all of the other mainstream media,” he said.

    Mombasa Woman Rep Zamzam Mohamed and Likoni MP Mishi Mboko said the Whole Coast region was supporting Joho and asked all leaders to support his bid.

    Kilifi Woman Rep Getrude Mbeyu said the former Mombasa Governor is over qualified as education was fine, and is also wealthy.

    “It’s only Joho who can defeat President Ruto . He does not fear anything and is the only one who took the former President Uhuru Kenyatta head on in Mombasa previously,” she said.

    Shela Ward MCA Twahir Abdulkharim urged all ODM leaders to support Joho as he was the only one who had the muscles to defeat President Ruto.

    Magarini MP Harrison Kombe said immediately ODM Party leader Raila Odinga becomes the AUC chairman Joho should take the mantle.

    “If the country is one lets shun from tribalism the ODM party leader is Joho,” he said.

    Fikirini Jacobs ODM Youth from Kilifi County said its time for Coast to produce the president and urged all Coastal leaders to support him for his bid as he has fought hard to be where he is today.

  • Abdulswamad Set To Bag Mombasa ODM Ticket For Governor

    Abdulswamad Set To Bag Mombasa ODM Ticket For Governor

    As political temperatures continue to heat up in the country ahead of national primaries, numbers continue to separate the bulls. Mombasa, one of the hottest grounds for ODM being a stronghold, has attracted a lot of attention and tension equally.

    ODM advisory board had said in earlier communications advised that they’d avoid m nominations in areas perceived to be volatile as a way of subverting violence. The party through it’s National Elections Board commissioned several opinion polls that were conducted between different months to help in arriving at the most suitable and popular candidate in hot areas and then bring together contestants to break a deal within themselves.

    It’s this poll that recently brokered the deal between Homa Bay contestants who unanimously endorsed Hon Wanga handing her a direct ticket.

    A similar case was seen in UDA when Malala and Khalwale came to common deal after talks for the Kakamega seats as it became clear through polls that Malala was ranking ahead of Khalwale for the gubernatorial seat.

    At a meeting with ODM party’s top brass  amongst them John Mbadi, Junet Mohammed, Catherine Muma, Mombasa gubernatorial candidates including Abdulswamad Nasir, Suleiman Shabal and other contestants, were holed up at Emory Hotel on Thursday in a bid to broker a deal looking at all the factors to choose on the most suitable candidate. This was the party’s idea to avoid imminent violence in the nominations.

    Sources present in the meeting confided to our writer that the choice of suitable candidate for the ticket was to be informed by opinion polls which were conducted by the national elections board at different times in the country.

    In all the polls presented by the board to the aspirants, Abdulswamad was ahead of his main rival Shahbal. Together with other dissatisfied candidates present in the meeting, Shahbal  protested saying they couldn’t trust the polls.

    Shahbal in protest said the race was too close to call. However, the margin of the polls seen by Kenya Insights shows otherwise as the Mvita MP commands a wider lead in all the polls as Shahbal comes second. The other option on the table that Shahbal refused to give a chance to is consensus amongst the contestants. He’s insisting on universal suffrage which the party understands its dangers and trying to talk all contestants in flagged areas out of.

    There have been two ugly incidences of violence have played out in the recent past, one before Raila during an Azimio rally and another at Tononoka grounds during International Women’s Day, supporters of Shahbal and Nasir’s clashed giving a clear indication of what would become.

    The party offered to conduct another poll for final clarity and for satisfaction of other dissatisfied aspirants. This was also opposed by some.

    Another person present in the meeting tell this writer that Shahbal in protest said “I don’t trust ODM” a statement that left party officials agitated.

    In the latest update, ODM’s Elections Board had to postpone party primaries in Nakuru County amid violence fears.

    The consensus stalemate is not only a headache for the party in Mombasa, in Kisumu, former East African Community chief administrative secretary Ken Obura is playing the hardball on consensus with the incumbent Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o for the county’s top seat.

    Kisumu Deputy Governor Mathews Owili called on the ODM National Elections Board to consider issuing Prof Nyong’o a direct ticket to save resources for Mr Odinga’s presidential campaigns.

    “We should not conduct party primaries to please an individual at the expense of the bigger goal of ensuring Mr Odinga’s victory,” he said on Wednesday.

    Opinion poll

    Citing an opinion poll result, Dr Owili argued that there is every indication that Governor Nyong’o will triumph over his sole competitor.

    “The latest poll indicates that Governor Nyong’o garnered 90 per cent against 5 per cent (for) his sole challenger,” he said.

    He called on Mr Odinga’s supporters to rally behind his fifth presidential bid.

  • Discontent in Mombasa as ODM nominates ‘mwanabara’

    Discontent in Mombasa as ODM nominates ‘mwanabara’

    ODM Party has nominated Solomon Ngugi to replace the late Mohand Hatimy but the decision was not received well by party adherents in Mombasa County.

    Supporters have accused the Raila Odinga led party of dishing out a slot that belonged to them to a foreigner or ‘mwanabara’ who is also a non Muslim.

    Ngugi who has sinc been sworn in was led into the assembly by Chaani MCA Junior Wambua and Mombasa County Youth representative Hon. Moses Oindo.

    Majority leader Hamisi Mwidani who also chairs finance, budget and appropriations congratulated Ngugi on his nominations claiming that Ngugi is man from the local party branch who earned his nomination courtesy of his loyal to the party.

    Ngugi in his maiden speech thanked the ODM party leader Raila Odinga, Mombasa governor Hassan Joho and the entire ODM Nyali branch for his nomination to fill the slot that was left vacant after Hatimy’s death.

    The newly nominated MCA also thanked the ODM Mombasa branch for supporting his nomination despite the discontent among the natives who claim that the seat that was once held by their own has been thrown to ‘a foreigner’.

    Ngugi’s swearing-in was presided over by speaker  Aharub Khatri  said that Ngugi’s nomination had been gazetted through the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.

    The late Mohamed Hatimy [p/courtesy]
    The swearing in ceremony was witnessed by Mombasa Senator Mohamed Faki, acting county secretary Joab Tumbo, ODM county branch secretary Geoffrey Busaka and Assembly clerk Salim Juma presented Ngugi with books and documents pertaining to the assembly guidelines.

    The session ended with a minute of silence in honor of Hatimy who served as the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Mombasa County chairperson. He was serving his second term as nominated MCA in the Mombasa County Assembly where he was also the chairing the Finance Committee.

    Before joining politics, Hatimy also served as the chairman oformer Kenya Football Federation (KFF). He died in November 2020 at Mombasa hospital where he was undergoing treatment.

    The discontent in Ngugi’s nomination is coming at the time when Mombasa governor Joho is also eyeing ODM’s presidential ticket which is more of a preserve for Raila Odinga.

    Joho is claiming that the coastal region has stood with Odinga for too long and it’s now time that the former Langa’ta Mp reciprocated.