By SUNDAY STADARD REPORTER
Kenya: A split is looming in Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on the choice of candidate for the by-election.
Some Nyanza MPs have warned that Fred Outa should not be given a direct party ticket because he is not strong enough to win the by-election.
Kisumu Central MP Ken Obura said Outa is unpopular in the region and the party risks losing the seat if he is allowed to contest.
Outa, who is a close ally of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, is likely to receive little support from a group of youthful MPs drawn from the region over the claims he had made that the legislators had been paid to sabotage the Orange party.
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Obura said ODM should conduct nominations in the constituency and not favour anybody for the seat.
ODM having lost two successive by-elections in Kisii, Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo said the Nyando and Migori by-elections would be a litmus test for ODM’s popularity in the region, adding that the party must take the elections seriously.
“As a party, we must work hard to recapture the seats because they belong to ODM,” Ms Odhiambo said.
The nullification of Outa’s election was a huge blow to the Orange party that is trying to recover from a botched February national elections during its national delegates conference in Nairobi.
