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Blow as Jubilee legislator joins ODM ahead of polls

Turkana Central Mp John Lodepe Nakara addresses journalists at Parklands Baptist Church on the Security Situation in Turkana during the Community's Peace Day.PHOTO:EVANS HABIL

Jubilee suffered a blow at the weekend when Turkana Central MP John Lodepe (right) defected to ODM in the ongoing political realignments ahead of the next elections.

ODM leader Raila Odinga, who was flanked by Governor Josephat Nanok, also received National Irrigation Board boss Malik Ekal, who is eyeing the senatorial seat on the party's ticket. Prof Ekal will be up against, among others, county assembly Speaker Geoffrey Kaituko.

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