Governor Ongwae's choice of running mate causing political jitters in Kisii

Youths allied to Engineer peter Kimori when he called a meeting at Magena Kisii County to denounce reports that he was picked by Kisii governor James Ongwae as his running mate on 16/04/2017. Chaos erupted when a section of the youths stormed the meeting and demanded for their share of money.[photos sammy omingo/standard]

The choice of a running mate is proving to be a nightmare for Governor James Ongwae, with other aspirants having already made known their proposed deputies.

A month ago, Opposition leader Raila Odinga threw his support behind Nairobi County Water and Environment Executive Peter Kimori to succeed the current deputy governor, Joash Maangi, who has defected to Jubilee.