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Jubilee, CORD plot to influence CoG elections

By Roselyne Obala and Geoffrey Mosoku | May. 18, 2015

*Outgoing Council of Governors (CoG) chairman Isaac Ruto. He is ineligible to contest again having served the legal two-term limit.* (FILE PHOTO/ STANDARD)

The Government and Opposition are scheming to influence the outcome of elections for leadership of the Council of Governors (CoG) scheduled for Thursday.

The new leaders of the governors’ forum will take over at a defining moment when county chiefs are pressing for a referendum to increase the allocation to counties. And should they also successfully serve for two terms, they will be in office during the 2017 General Election.

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