Vote for Orange candidates only, Raila tells supporters in Western

CORD leader Raila Odinga (Center) Kakamega County Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Butere MP Andrew Toboso and other ODM leaders acknowledge greetings of Kakamega County ODM delegates at Nabongo cultural Center during Raila's last day tour in Western. [Photo:BENJAMIN SAKWA/Standard]

CORD leader Raila Odinga summed up his week-long tour of Western yesterday and appealed to voters to embrace “six-piece voting” next year.

Speaking in Mumias shortly after rowdy youths attempted to block his convoy, Raila   asked the party’s supporters to elect ODM ward representatives, MPs, Women Reps, senators, governors and president in one sweep, in what is commonly referred to a six-piece vote. Raila’s call is likely to elicit criticism from leaders of affiliate parties in CORD, which might feel that they are being locked out of Western.