It’s payback time for ODM rebels ahead of polls

Migori Senator Wilfred Machage. He was recently reported as having disowned ODM, the party on whose ticket he was elected in 2013. His election to the Senate was a result of negotiated democracy between communities residing in the cosmopolitan county. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Migori Senator Wilfred Machage is walking a tightrope as he campaigns to retain the support of his region; a region where one’s political fortunes are determined by loyalty to the Orange Democratic Movement and its top leadership.

Dr Machage was recently reported as having disowned ODM, the party on whose ticket he was elected in 2013. His election to the Senate was a result of negotiated democracy between communities residing in the cosmopolitan county. The Luo, Kuria, Luhya and Somali are the most populous in the county.