Focus on boiling hot spots as ODM nominations near

Kisumu Senator Anyang’ Nyong’o is led out of Posta Grounds in Migori town after violence broke out between supporters of Governor Okoth Obado and his rival Ochillo Ayacko. [Photo: Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The hour of reckoning is nigh for hundreds of aspirants seeking elective positions on Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party tickets as the dreaded primaries kick off next week.

In the party’s strongholds of Nyanza, Western, Coast and Nairobi, the looming nominations are causing jitters as the party grapples with logistical and security nightmares. For aspirants in these areas, winning the party’s ticket is as good as winning the elections.