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After win, tough power fights await Awiti in troubled county

Homa Bay Governor Cyprian Awiti (centre) during a past court proceeding. [File, Standard]

The Supreme Court handed Homa Bay Governor Cyprian Awiti a lifeline at a time his political career was hanging by a thread.

For a governor who has been on sick leave for the past six months and whose county faces vicious power wars pitting MCAs and their speaker, a by-election would have been costly.

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