Jack Ranguma must go for betraying the people of Kisumu County

Governor Jack Ranguma losing 2017 elections is less difficult to understand than how he ‘won’ the first term. In 2013, he was pushed to the party's nomination as a result of organized violence.  His election was a quirk, rather than something earned.  Any ODM member who gained the nomination was likely ensured the governorship.  Devolution was also a new phenomenon in the country however, the people have now seen how devolution has transformed other Counties in Kenya and will not like to be left behind. (Read Kenya and Singapore comparison stories)

Nothing the governor promised has been accomplished. A leader who has reneged on his own promises cannot be trusted with another term. Interestingly, much of what he does have added to the county's problems. What people have seen is nothing like what they were promised or imagined. What was a tabula rasa upon which to imagine a Ranguma government now is a full-blown portrait filled with failure, warts, and scars.