IEBC clears eight for Homa Bay senate race as ODM rebels defy Raila Odinga

Kenya: Differences within former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s ODM over Homa Bay senatorial contest have sunk to new levels of acrimony with the rebel camp threatening to mobilise the county against a leader imposed on them.

Although possibility of expulsion from the party has been communicated to the rebels, some of whom are elected leaders, they have refused to bow down.