Raila Odinga embarks on Coast tour to stem Jubilee Party tide

ODM leader Raila Odinga's daughter Rosemary (left) and Mbita MP Milly Odhiambo during a rally in Huruma, Nairobi, on Sunday. Raila today begins a four-day tour of Taita Taveta and Kwale counties in an attempt to counter the Jubilee tide in the region. (PHOTO: ELVIS OGINA/ STANDARD)

ODM leader Raila Odinga today starts a four-day tour of Taita Taveta and Kwale counties on the back of defections by seven party leaders. Raila’s tour is seen as a re- sponse to the ruling coalition’s forays into the region that have
seen six Opposition MPs and a governor join Jubilee Party.

ODM lost Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya and MPs Gideon Mung’aro, Mustafa Iddi, Masoud Mwahima, Zainab Chidzuga, Peter Shehe and Khatib Mwashetani. ODM leader Raila Odinga today begins a four-day tour of Taita Taveta and Kwale counties in an attempt to counter the Jubilee tide in the region.