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Eddy Oketch: The man who scared Raila brigade

Federal Party of Kenya candidate Eddy Oketch casts his ballot at Migori Primary School on Monday. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

Migori and neighbouring towns yesterday came to a standstill as the Orange Democratic Movement Party (ODM) celebrated its victory in the just-ended Senate by-election that saw it reassert its authority in the region’s politics.

Dozens of party officials accompanied by a mammoth crowd rode in countless vehicles, honking, whistling and singing as they celebrated the win by Ochillo Ayacko, who bagged 85,234 votes to beat his closest opponent, a youthful businessman Eddy Gicheru Oketch of Federal Party of Kenya. Oketch got 60,555 votes.

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