Raila party unveils elections team as violent aspirants to be locked out

ODM leader Raila Odinga (second left) with members of the ODM national elections board Judy Pareno (left) and Ibrahim Rashid (right) and party chairman John Mbadi after unveiling the board in Nairobi yesterday. [PHOTO: GEORGE NJUNGE/Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga stepped up his party's preparations for next year's elections by naming a team to conduct its nominations.

The party inaugurated the five-member National Elections Board that will oversee primaries planned for February for those seeking the party's ticket to run for MCA, MP, senator and governor.