RAILA ODINGA BACKS OUT OF HOMA BAY SENETORIAL RACE

Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) leader Raila Odinga will not run for the Homa Bay Senate seat for fear this would split the Opposition and set the stage for claims by rivals that he has stooped too low and is a diminishing political asset. Raila, who had been touted to capture the seat easily, yesterday defied the pressure from some Luo Nyanza MPs and elders who wanted him to succeed his fallen ally Otieno Kajwang’.

D-day for Raila as ODM delegates vote on leaders .

Kenya: Today could be an important landmark for Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement in
the journey to the 2017 elections given that its highest decision-making organ is to ratify or reject the proposed new leadership drawn from the party’s two camps. The new team Raila will be seeking to have installed is to champion the task of repositioning the party, recently rocked