Is Coast warming up to Jubilee amid CORD wrangles?

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho (L) with Senator Hassan Omar (R) and Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir when he appeared before the Senate Public Accounts Committee at Parliament Buildings on Tuesday over audit queries. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/Standard]

As political realignments and rebellion rock the Orange Democratic Movement, concerns have been raised if the party could lose support in its strongholds, including the Coast.

While some observers argue that the fresh rebellion in Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s party has weakened CORD at the Coast, others say that ground has not shifted and Coast remains, firmly, in the Opposition.