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Is cold war in ODM scuttling Joho's 2022 presidential dream?

Orange Democratic Party leader Raila Odinga and Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho. In March, Joho told Raila during a rally in Likoni that he was ready to face him at the ballot during the nomination for party's flag bearer. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Coast ODM leaders will next week meet at Vipingo Ridge to deliberate on the region's political future and formally endorse Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho's presidential bid amid reports of fallout within the Orange party.

Joho has indicated that he will run for the presidency in 2022 and has already forwarded his name alongside his Kakamega counterpart Wycliffe Oparanya to the party's National Election Board (NEB) as possible suitors through ODM.

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