Parties to bet on ethnic numbers in Kibra poll

ANC party candidate for Kibra by-election Eliud Owalo speaks at the Lindi grounds in Kibra yesterday. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Political parties contesting in the Kibra by-election have tasked their MPs with mobilising ethnic blocs as the scramble for votes intensifies.

MPs from Jubilee Party and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have lined up a series of meetings with Luhya, Luo and Kikuyu communities this week ahead of their last major rallies on Sunday.