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Raila refunds ODM hopefuls fees after hitch

ODM leader Raila Odinga with Imran Okoth when he was officially presented with his Kibra parliamentary seat certificate at Orange House. [Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga has refunded Sh2.25 million nomination fees to nine aspirants after rogue party officials bungled primaries in Kibra, The Standard can reveal.

Raila handed each of the aspirants Sh250,000 they had paid for the party primaries following revelations of how some top party officials orchestrated doctoring of the voters’ roll.

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