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Ex-convict sells land to campaign for Uhuru in Kisumu

Ex convict Michael Ochieng while campaigning for president Uhuru Kenyatta;s re-election bid in Kisumu on June 28 2017. The man who was on death row for 15 years has mobilized his own resources to campaign for the president whom he says saved him from the gallows. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

The man who sold his land to campaign for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election has made good his pledge and held his first rally, which was attended by nearly 200 people.

Michael Omondi, a former convict who attributed his freedom to the intervention of the President, yesterday began his self-financed rallies in Kisumu for Uhuru’s re-election.

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