{"id":2319,"date":"2022-02-11T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2022-02-11T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:09:27","slug":"blow-to-raila-as-nominated-senator-naomi-shiyonga-defects-to-dap-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=2319","title":{"rendered":"Blow to Raila as nominated senator Naomi Shiyonga defects to DAP-K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kakamega Deputy Governor Prof Philip Kutima and Shinyalu MP Kizito Mugalia could be on their way out to DAP_K <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

By Seliphar Machoni <\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kakamega<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nominated Senator Naomi Shiyonga has defected from\nODM party that nominated him to the Senate and joined Democratic Action Party\nof Kenya (DAP-K).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nominated Senator Naomi Shiyonga<\/code><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will be vying for the Kakamega Women rep seat on DAP-K, a party for the Mulembe people. This is a party that has internal democracy and takes care for the interests of everyone,\u201d said Ms Shiyonga <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Sources close to Shiyonga hinted to the County\nSplash that she defected after realizing the party was hell bent to give the\ncurrent Kakamega Women Representative Elsie Muhanda direct nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Governor Wycliffe Oparanya<\/code><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since declaring that she will be going for the Women\nrep seat, Ms Shiyonga and Ms Muhanda had a bitter fallout and resorted to PR stunts\nwhen in public functions together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will be vying for the Kakamega Women rep seat on\nDAP-K, a party for the Mulembe people. This is a party that has internal\ndemocracy and takes care for the interests of everyone,\u201d said Ms Shiyonga while\non a campaign trail at Sabatia market in Butere Sub County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cODM may miraculously have a governor but may not get other elective seats like MCA, MP, Women Rep and Senator. The party is being runned like a kiosk and that\u2019s why I also defected to DAP-K,\u201d said Lazarus Lucheveleli, East Kabras ward rep. <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Nominated Senator Naomi Shiyonga with Eliud Kipchoge<\/code><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Defense Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa, MPs Tindi\nMwale (Butere), Peter Nabulindo (Matungu), Janet Nang\u2019abo (Trans Nzoia Women\nrep), Ayub Savula (Lugari), Eseli Simiyu (Tongaren) and Wafula Wamunyinyi (Kanduyi)\naccompanied her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The source also claimed that Kakamega Deputy\nGovernor Prof Philip Kutima and Shinyalu MP Kizito Mugalia could be on their way\nout to DAP_K and the latter felt to have been shortchanged by Governor Wycliffe\nOparanya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lazarus-Lucheveleli-East-Kabras-Ward<\/code><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Oparanya brought on board Anami Lisamula to ODM, a\nmove that angered Kizito while the entry of Fernandes Barasa who is touted to\nhave the support of Oparanya also angered Kutima and the Kabras people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cODM may miraculously have a governor but may not\nget other elective seats like MCA, MP, Women Rep and Senator. The party is\nbeing runned like a kiosk and that\u2019s why I also defected to DAP-K,\u201d said\nLazarus Lucheveleli, East Kabras ward rep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said there is no internal democracy in ODM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the leaders who have defected from ANC and Ford\nKenya, only two MPs Bishop Titus Khamala (Lurambi) and Aseka Miradi (Khwisero)\njoined ODM, the rest are in DAP-K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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