Sunday, January 27, 2013

Ruth Odinga Blames ODM Over Nomination Woes


Ruth Odinga
A sister to Prime Minister and Cord alliance Presidential candidate Raila Odinga accused the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) of allegedly recycling old politicians in Nyanza at the expense of the youth and women.
Ruth Odinga who bowed out of the race for the Kisumu gubernatorial race due to violence, said youth and women got a raw deal from the recently concluded chaotic (ODM) party primaries in Nyanza Province.
Ruth blamed ODM for recycling old leaders and failing to nurture the younger generation to take over the mantle. She said that this trend and rigging claims is likely to impact negatively on Raila’s campaigns in the region. She said that the party was locking out new entrants on flimsy grounds such as lack of experience and ‘loyalty’.
“Octogenarians are sticking to
 leadership even where some of them genuinely lost in the party nomination exercise, they did not accept defeat,” she said
Speaking to journalists in Kisumu, Ruth wants the party to accommodate the youth and women in other leadership positions in the county. Though she denied that she was angling for any position, the 49 year old chief executive officer of the family business Spectre International said.
“I only withdrew from vying for the post of Governor but I am ready to work and rebuild Kisumu since I have the knowledge and experience,” she added. She withdrew from the Kisumu gubernatorial seat after some youth took the streets in Kisumu town, protesting her controversial win.
She said ODM sidelined women and that in spite of three women having vied for the post of governor in Kisumu; they could not sell their policies due to discrimination.
“Women cannot fight, they do not have the strength and economic empowerment,” he said. She urged electorate to rally behind Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the March 4 Election.

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