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Confusion rocks ODM senate nominations as Okello's family differs

ODM leader Raila Odinga (centre) Migori County political rivals, Ochilo Ayacko (left) and Migori Governor Zachary Obado (right) as the two shake hand during the burial of late Migori County Senator Ben Oluoch Okello on July 9, 2018. [Caleb Kingwara/Standard]

A storm is brewing in the Orange Democratic Movement party after top officials differed on how to pick a nominee for the Migori senatorial by-election.

The party’s decision to settle for a direct nomination ahead of the by-election, scheduled for October 8, appears to have rattled some members.

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