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Good showing for ODM in poll as its candidates clinch majority of seats

From left Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o, Ms Ruth Odinga and lawyer Tom Ojienda.

From left Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o, Ms Ruth Odinga and lawyer Tom Ojienda.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Six out of the seven parliamentary seats in Kisumu county were bagged by the Orange party.
  • Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o easily managed to win a second term after edging out former Governor Jack Ranguma.
  • Provisional results indicated that lawmakers Aduma Owuor (Nyakach), James Nyikal (Seme) and Onyango K’Oyoo of Muhoroni had accumulated votes that had them destined for victory.


Two National Assembly members have been swept aside by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) wave in Kisumu County.

Mr Aluoch Olago, who in 2017 successfully contested the Kisumu West parliamentary seat on a Ford Kenya ticket, this week lost the seat to Kisumu Woman Rep Rosa Buyu, as the Raila Odinga-led party stamped its authority in Nyanza.