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Candidates who defied Orange party wave in Nyanza to win seats

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Fatuma Mohamed Migori County Woman Representative-elect. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

Many had believed they would be swept away by an ODM tide that appeared to sweep through Nyanza as results from Tuesday's elections started trickling in.

The Orange party, led by Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga was keen to recapture the seats it had lost in Kisumu East, Kisumu West and Ugenya constituencies. In the build-up to the polls, a sustained campaign against Independent candidates and other parties deemed as fringe parties featured with a rallying call to residents to embrace six-piece in favor of ODM candidates.

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