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By Haron Ototo A part from the Presidential race which is the hottest of the contests in the forthcoming general election, The gubernatorial race level is onother area to be keenly followed country wide. Politically the Governor becomes second after the President in matters election. This is the factor that has been well documented even to the point that people of Presidential statures and with Presidential ambitions have decided to use it as a stepping stone toward the President. Chris Obure. Photo: Courtesy In the aforementioned case; Alfred Mutua, Isaac Ruto, Peter Munya, Hassan Joho are some of the cases who have trained their eyes on the Presidency through hope they are going to retain their Gubernatorial seats. Closer home to Kisii County. In 2013 Senator Chris Obure literally made Governor Ongwae Governor. Four years down the line Obure is running for the governorship position in a Jubilee ticket and against his own project whom he accuses of under-performance. And by

By Haron Ototo  Yesterday, 26th July 2017 turned out to be a day of frustration and  humiliation to not only the youth of Kisii County but also to the local youth leadership. All this happened of the re-known MCC, Radio Personality blah blah blah who brought about Nairobi politics to Kisii count in the name of  President's Uhuru's messenger. The NACADA, Youth Enterprise Fund function turned out a flop and Nyamabane is a man under siege on how he managed the reimbursement of the youths present. Walter Nyambane. Photo: Courtesy The rain started beating Nyambane when he announced that each youth could get 1500/=, this sunk well with those in attendance. However, the expectation was that the reimbursement could be conducted honorably in collaboration and cooperation between the local youth leadership led by Anthony Kibagendi and the 9 constuency Coordinator present. But it turned out that Nyambane was hell bent to humiliate the local leadership by: Pretending to have t

By Haron Ototo Hon. Manoti & CS Matiang'i. Photo: Courtesy The Jubilee party has made serious inroads in Kisii County to the point that it is considered as the favorites party in majority seats in the forthcoming general election. Kisii County has a total of nine (9) constituencies and of the 9 Jubilee is hoping to get at least six of them. It has not come by default but through hard work, dedication and relentless efforts especially through our gallant soldier and Ambassador Anthony Kibagendi among others. The fact that Kibagendi is being fought in many fronts especially from the County Government fuels the fact that many of the local seats are Jubilee's for the taking.  Aspirants on Jubilee ticket are real working hard on ensuring a total shift which has culminated in unprecedented attacks on Jubilee caravans and procession by the opposition cowards. However, the writing are on the wall Jubilee will carry the day come the 8th of August this year. Among th

By Haron Ototo Jubilee roadshow in Nyamira. Photo: Felix Adams In one of  Mr. Bean's famous movies "Johny English" the operators in the villains camp played down John (The main character)  as influence by calling him an idiot. However, the main villain warned them of  of looking down upon an idiot who has the tendency of showing up when needed. He turned out to save day. The worst mistake which worked against the villain's camp was prejudice. As the anecdote above, NASA has had the tendency of writing Jubilee off in Gisii politics to the point that they felt in a comfort zone. Now as things look, the damage has already been done and the worst is yet to come and NASA have been caught off guard not once, not twice but many times. The Jubilee infiltration is causing anxiety, settlement, fear, embarrassment and the negative attributes of a potential looser. To some extent, NASA local operatives have resorted to unorthodox means to frustrate Jubilee campaigns in th

By Haron Ototo Part of Kisii Town, Kisii County headquarters. Photo: Courtesy When Senator Christopher Mogere Obure made it crystal clear that he was not going to defend his senatorial seat and instead he was to swim into the gubernatorial ocean, that is when thing were also clear by default that; Kisii County will have a second Senator come 9th or so date of August 27. The seat has no incumbent hence literary the seat is anyone's for the taking. Pap! We have the candidates and we have to make a choice and now let me break the runners down:  In the race, we got Four Aspirants whom to the best of my Knowledge have a chance of making it as the second senator of the Great Kisii County. We have Omingo Magara of PDP, Charles Nyachae of Jubilee, Prof Sam Ongeri of ODM and Isaac Onchagwa an Independent Candidate. Now you got know what they are and what they stand or sit for: Omingo Magara (PDP). The former member of parliament for south mugirango is in the coveted race and is h

By Haron Ototo Tony Kibagendi in one of the Kisii Roadshows, Photo: Felix Adams Before turning back to his vomit, Kisii County Deputy Governor Joash Maangi earned a name as the most important pillar in Jubilee as far as Gusii Politics is concerned. He was thought taunted to be one of the best mobilizers, strategist and political managers from Gusii. Everyone trembled in his name's mention even from the ODM team which pretended not to care much about him.  In fact, some ODM members were trying to water down his influence and called him names such as a tumbocrat or an empty shell. In away they believed that his departure at the time was insignificance and he was to be easily replaced when the time of shopping for Gov. Ongwae's running mate. Wait! They remained with a rotten egg in their face when they went back and begged him to run with Ongwae. By that time (going back to ODM) he has lost trust with his current team and I think because they missed a replacement on mat

By Haron Ototo Raila and Uhuru. Photo: Courtesy It is all clear that politically the country is driving in two direction. Each opposing side thinks the their political opponents are driving in reverse and hence they are naive, ignorant, indecision and what have you. The point is, one man's meat is another man's poison and this has not sunk in the heads of NASA supporters. Meet most of NASA supporters anywhere, be it in a matatu, in the market, in the poshomill even in our workstations. They tend to assume that they are a contingent of  Mr & Mrs rights. They are the kind of people will will easily threaten to eject you out of a moving vehicle. They can easily eject you from the hotel and pay for your bill so long as they don't see you around. They, and they here refers to NASA supporters, will throw insults at you anytime. You are likely to here A NASA supporter using phrases like: Anybody who supports Jubilee is an idiot, anybody who supports Jubilee is silly, a

By Haron Ototo Photo: Jubilee MCA aspirant for Bomorenda Ward. Hon. Mosoti Before and during Jubilee Party nominations in Kisii County, Jubilee hopefuls for the region's most coveted party Jubilee were riding on a high. Most of them could pick calls at anytime of the day, most of them could come down to earth to prove their point on humility. Some of them could go as far as applying a two hand shake salutation. This was to create an impression that they were the best. On the above factors, Jubilee ended up with dead logs as the MCA candidates to Kisii Count Assembly. For instance, in south Mugirango Constituency, Moticho Ward, the best candidate lost due to amalgamation of Opposition friendly candidates leading to the loss of one of the strongest Jubilee Members. Hon. Evans Mokoro who is the Deputy Speaker of the Kisii County Assembly, One of the few MCAs who were elected on a TNA ticket in Kisii lost because all his issues were left under the waters and they were not fairl