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| Hon. Ochilo Ayacko |
By Byron Ouko
Migori County is the most volatile among Nyanza regions politically , with
keen and turf political heavyweights such Hon, Junet Mohamed the ODM director of
elections , former two-term legislature, minister and
retired chairman of Kenya Nuclear Energy board Hon. Ochilo Ayacko, wife to Nyatike
Mp Mrs. Ann Omodho Anyanga, Paul Odola who was once in powerful managerial
position in SONY Company ,and Engineer Mark Nyamita. The ultimate focus of these
giants is to unseat the incumbent Governor Okoth Obado, a former classroom teacher turned politician.
All questions pointing at the house on the hill as to who shall carry the day? let’s find out.
Governor Okoth Obado has tried his level best as a liberal and a Lockean
student by tasking the programing of his government in the interest of the
people ,with fruitful initiatives such as full governors scholarship programs which is
changing lives with it's long term impacts to the society, absorbing Boda Boda
groups into saccos and providing them with 25 motorbikes per sub county among
other records ,but this has not releaved him from the yolk of constant nepotism,
corruption ,and intimidation from some of his administrators and his key
confidants from his home backyard .
It's alleged by the aspirants that he has
looted public funds so badly that he amassed a lot of wealth and property
beyond belief in a short period in office, and if at all the soft spoken C.E.O pursued
his personal interest in the office he did it within the boundaries drawn
by legal statutes ,for he has always
come out clean to shame the devil both at the senate and back at the county especially
in Nyatike where he was fierce accused
of selling the gold mines to the Chinese foreigners.
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| Governor Okoth Obado |
Now the interesting thing is all these criticisms have not
hurt his image at the ground because he still controls majority of the electorates
by deeds and developments records or perhaps the people have taken a lot of opium
from him and they are not too keen to check and confirm if at all the
allegations are substantial. I think such influence and control of vast
majority is from good advisory team to keep the masters linen as clean as
possible, but ought not to forget history shall remember the king not his
soldiers.
All these folks pledge a lot of loyalty to the ODM party and
each one of them is trying to prove they are the most valid and original party members while
others are deemed passers-by. The loyalty index right from elections of party
officials has seen a sharp differences and led to the formation of different camps,
each allied to every aspirant hence degenerating to team Obado, team Ochillo headed by Makabong’o,
and the confused team Omodho Anyanga .
These divisions have identified interests
that is never is easy to dispute at any given moment, for it once distracted
the party leader from launching Migori County Orange house constructed by H.E Okoth
Obado. The party interest and reward at the race currently is uncertain forno one knows who shall carry the game changing certificate, for all have invested
heavily on party and its structures.
The tight gubernatorial race has seen some less visionary people like George
Oywer quit the race and technically drowned underground including the social media fun maker Jobando,
and from the look of things its becoming a two horse race between Ochillo and Obado . Ann
Omodho Anyanga to me is chasing the wind, because Kenyan politics
is never civilized to cling on the feminist perspective on image of a woman in leadership. she is no angel to beat the politics odds against her husband who is known for
punishing people at his father’s funeral and doing helicopter development for
his sycophants yet the constituents are in dire poverty.
As a woman and wife to
the Mp she ought to have told Baba Stuart to swallow his KANU pride and serve
in the interest of the people as she creates a path to her ambition.Well , she
failed to advice the head of her house and now she going to face her public ridicule where it’s a no mercy thingie. This can also mean with all her resources
and wealth from the Omodho dynasty her political career is going into a shun
together with her soulmate because the electorates of Nyatike are already
decided for a new regime and it’s not a must that ODM carries the day for them,judging from
the previous election where only one MCA was from ODM among the seven wards. This history
must be taken seriously by the party for it not to lose grip of Nyatike seats at the
parliamentary and ward level. Someone should realize they are neither the Borgia
family of Rome nor can she be Teresa May or even Angela Merkel in Kenya especially
in Migori County.
Meanwhile what’s her next big step ahead? maybe deputize somebody and
loose again or go into it alone and lose or support someone and be rewarded CEC
position or ost probably swallow her pride and quit politics for family business. She has the
answers within these provisions.
It has come a time where financial capability might favor
the victor of the day, because an African voter listens through stomach and majorly in Migori where some call it mogo or gonya. But will the lawyer really manage to unseat the County Boss?
Going back to winning campaigns and taking the top seat,It will require
require a master who can handle the emerging developments and circumstances.Both Ayacko
and Obado have the wits to influence voters in their favour. I will consider
both as kings with long arms in the county demographic coverage.
The diversity in
the county is good because it has discouraged mindless conformism and wish the
electorates well including the aspirants in the forthcoming elections.
In conclusion, should we re-elect the incumbent to finish up the structures he has put in place or elect a new county administrator.Is the county ready to to pace up with the occurrences ?
BYRON OUKO OGINGA IS A POLITICAL ANALYST ,GRADUATE OF RONGO UNIVERSITY HOLDING A BACHELORS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.CELL NO +254700462471
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