Siaya County goes ODM Six Piece
Siaya: Kenya: Voters in Siaya are returned a largely six piece voting style in favour of ODM and Cord presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
Results trickling in showed that even in the hotly contested gubernatorial seat ODM’s Okoth Rasanga was favoured against William Oduol whose nomination was cancelled by the Orange Party. Malick Obama had a platry 235 votes from Alego Usonga constituency votes for governor. Oduol lost to Rsanga in Gem, Ugenya and Ugunja constituencies but won in Alego Usonga by a margin of 6,000 votes.
Oduol started facing challenges when he was stripped of the ODM party ticket at nominations and consequently disqualified alongside Raila’s elder brother Oburu Oginga.
Lands minister James Orengo has attained unassailable lead in the senatorial seat and will win with a landslide estimated to be over 95 percent of the total votes cast. Orengo had 23,433 and Agnes Awuor had 1,414 of votes cast in
The County, which doubles up as the backyard of Raila has, votes being tallied at Siaya Institute of technology.
The only stiff contest so far reported in Alego-Usonga constituency where outgoing MP Edwin Yinda was facing stiff challenge from George Mulwan who decamped from the Orange party but ran on Wiper Democratic ticket. Milwan 13,828 and Yinda 9,173 of votes counted, and Sammy Weya of National Agenda Party 2,518.
Former Maseno University lecturer Mrs Christine Ombaka who is the ODM ticket bearer for Women’s representative in the County has been polling favourable results and is tipped to win with a landslide. She had polled 20,097 votes. She was trailed by Concelia Muga Ondiek od National Agenda party who had 2,828 and Esther Okanga with a patry 429 and Prof Phoebe Nyawalo 403, and Violet omwamba of TNA with 303.
Out-going Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo is set to recapture his seat on an ODM ticket after he was handed the orange ticket in the acrimonius nominations. The latest provisional results showed he was ahead with over 15,000 votes.
In Rarieda Constituency outgoing MP Eng Nicholas Gumbo was enjoying a confortbale leadw while is Ugunja James Opiyo Wandayi was way ahaed on ODM ticket as well as David Ochieng’ in Ugenya constituency on ODM ticket.
In Bondo Constituency Gideon Ochanda was cruising to victory on ODM ticket and had attained unassailable lead by the time of filing this report.
By Lawrence Aluru, The Standard
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