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Jubilee leaders vow to tame CORD wave

Bungoma governor Ken Lusaka, Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and Mumias East Mp Benjamin Washiali, during funds drive at St. Leonard Catholic church Shianda in Mumias East, Kakamega County on May 29, 2016. They mooted plans to tame opposition so that Jubilee can win 2017 elections. BY BENJAMIN SAKWA

Western leaders have mooted plans to tame CORD and harness the region to guarantee Jubilee support in 2017 general elections.

Speaking during a funds drive in aid of St Leonard Catholic Church in Mumias East, Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa, Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka and four MPs said the "honeymoon" for the Opposition in the region was over.

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