Siaya leaders urge Rasanga, Oduol to unite

Siaya leaders urge Rasanga, Oduol to unite

Leaders and professionals from Alego/Usonga Constituency, including former area MP Sammy Weya, have endorsed Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga’s re-election bid.

Mr Weya stated that as leaders and professionals from Alego/Usonga Constituency they have unanimously decided to unite to ensure Rasanga is re-elected because they cannot afford to lose the gubernatorial seat as a region.

The former MP who strongly opposed the governor and supported businessman William Oduol in the 2013 General Election, stated that they have decided to unite behind Rasanga because they don’t want any differences that would create voter apathy in the region this time.

Mr Weya revealed that NASA co-principal Raila Odinga spoke to him a couple of weeks ago to ensure there is maximum peace amongst the people of Alego/Usonga and Siaya County as a whole to give him an ample time for campaigning in other parts of the country.

The former MP was speaking during the installation of Governor Rasanga as a Luo warrior ahead of the forthcoming General Election at Boro Primary School grounds, where Alego/Usonga parliamentary aspirant Charles Odunga Mamba impressed upon William Oduol to swallow his gubernatorial ambition.

Odunga asked Mr Oduol who is going to make a second stab at the Siaya gubernatorial seat to swallow his ambition and come to the negotiation table with Governor Rasanga so that the region can have a sole candidate for the gubernatorial seat.

He gave Mr Oduol and Governor Rasanga one week to find a way of coming up with a truce, failure to which he will initiate a negotiation process to ensure they go the elections a united people.

The installation ceremony was also attended by former Gem MP Joe Donde, Siaya Deputy Governor Wilson Ouma Onyango and nominated MP Dr Oburu Oginga, all who hailed the unity that was demonstrated by the people of Alego/Usonga.

Rasanga, who welcomed the need for negotiation between Oduol and himself, on his part took the opportunity to apologize to any of the people from Alego/Usonga whom he might have wronged during his first term, and appealed to them to support him for re-election.

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