KISII GUBERNATORIAL RACE 2017: OBURE HAS A BETTER CHANCE AGAINST ONGWAE
In the run in to 2013 general election, majority of Kenyans had a wrong impression on what being a Governor or a Senator meant. Not withstanding the seniority of the aforementioned position in the political landscape we went to the elections totally ignorant. That is how James Ongwae a former Public Servant ended up becoming the governor of Kisii County and Chris Obure a seasoned politician taking the senatorial seat. Chris Obure (The current senator and aspiring Governor) supported and campaigned for Governor Ongwae and am tempted to say that he delivered the seat to the later magnificently. Ongwae was a perrenial looser, he had never won in his own constituency where he had ran before, he relied on the ODM wave and support from Senator Obure and his constituency (Bobasi) which has the largest number of registered voters(over 80,000). Other factors which favored Ongwae in 2013: First, his choice of running mate in Joash maangi which delvered the Bomachoge votes. Though Maa