PANIC IN MP KALUMA CAMP AS OCHOLA DECLARED CANDIDATURE FOR HOMA-BAY TOWN SEAT

Businessman Noah Ochola’s entry into the Homa-Bay Town parliamentary seat has caused panic in the area MP Opondo Kaluma camp. Sources well versed with Homa-Bay town politics revealed that Ochola’s candidature has been overwhelmingly received across the constituency. 

Ochola who is yet to launch his campaigns has been holding consultative meetings meeting opinion leaders, elders, women and youth leaders across the constituency and who have pledged to vote for him first to clinch the ODM ticket then to the main general elections slated for August 2017. 

Campaigning under the slogan “Saa Oromo” which translates to mean “It’s Time”, he has pledged to be the servant of the electorate and promising to launch his campaign agenda after further consultations with Homa-Bay Town stake holders. 

Although he is making debut in elective politics, political analysts say for the short time he has been touring the constituency, his candidature has been well received as voters see him as a man who can deliver the Homa-Bay people from the poor leadership. 

Even before his entry into the race, he is known to have been assisting the electorate in a number of development projects including conducting harambees for schools and churches. The Kaluma camp is said to have retreated to the drawing board since Ochola’s entry has caught them off guard and considering the support he has received even before campaign proper begins, for Ochola, it is all systems go, a move that has been discussed as unstoppable.

KISUMU KANU MEMBERS UP IN ARMS AFTER ODM OPERATIVES GRABBED PRIME P LOT LEASED TO THEM BY FORMER PRESIDENT MOI

BY OUR REPORTER

A rift is looming in KANU party following a row over prime plot leased by former President Daniel Moi to life members in Kisumu City.

Trouble started after a group of ODM members conspired and forged land tittle deed for a plot at the notorious Kisumu bus park and secretly disposed it to an hotelier.

According to investigations by the Weekly Citizen Newspaper, one Fred Kowido who is allied to ODM party seems to be the man playing pivotal role over the shocking land grabbing game.

Other sources further indicate that the space was sold to the proprietor of Victoria Comfort Hotel after collusion between a team led by Kowido,the county odm youth leader and an employee of the county government  who recently vied for the kisumu county workers union position, and cartels from the ministry of lands.

The long standing battle has seen KANU members, other developers in court against their rivals who have applied dubious tactics to grab the space.

The land was acquired during former president Moi’s helm and was privately developed by traders.

The case was initially forwaded to political parties tribunal where they were advised to conduct a search only to be met by rude shock after search failed to show.

Part of the letter from the political party disputes tribunal read ‘’the claimant called only onr witness namely, Mr. Nick Salat, who is the claimant’s secretary General.The Secretary General confirmed that he was the custodian of all party property.

In the letter it’s recorded that the suit property namely L.R NO. Kisumu municipality Block 9/118, Kisumu, was owned by KANU.

And now, KANU members are up in arms demanding for the intervention by the anti-corruption unit given the fact that the land was illegally sold without the knowledge of its own members.

They are accusing lands officials based in Kisumu for colluding with ODM members to grab land which was leased to KANU members.

Those behind the game have been loudly bragging that the area is ODM zone and the tenants who are allied to KANU should quickly move to Rift valley failure to which they will storm with heavy bull dozers to flatten all the buildings.