- Appointments at ODM in Kasipul have sparked tensions with the candidates seeking justice and transparency before the eagerly intended event
- Candidate Boyd Were has claimed that some candidates and county officials have coordinated efforts to disrupt the party’s election
- He has called on police to intervene to protect peace and adhere to democratic values during the election exercise
Fever Bay: Boyd Were has claimed a conspiracy to halt the ODM party’s nomination scheduled for Wednesday, September 24, through the violence.
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The race to succeed the late MP Charles Ong’ongo Were has attracted more than ten candidates, with tensions escalating before the vote.
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Boyd has accused the independent candidate and businessman Philip Aroko and the county’s chief executive for encouraging criminal gangs to hamper the peace event.
He claims that the robbers were leased from Nairobi and Kisumuallegedly associated with the lower world of ‘Wash Wash’, have been brought in to intimidate voters and cause violence.
“We condemn the preliminary behavior of some candidates to remove competition by sponsoring criminals, leased hooligans, and bandits from Nairobi and Kisumu causing violence in this nomination. He claimed tomorrow.
He also claimed that the County Chief Officer, who is said to campaign for his brother -in -law, held meetings to organize attacks aimed at his senior supporters.
According to him, the officer made threats and is involved in undermining the election process despite being a member of the ODM party.
“We know that last night at a meeting at a hotel in Mosocho, he mentioned five senior supporters of Boy Were campaigns to be removed through riots and gun attacks assisted by the famous Wash Maestro who has transported gunmen from Eastleigh Nairobi to cause violence Oyugis,” The citizen added.

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Calling a calm call, Boyd called on the police to take immediate action against any form of violence and to protect the integrity of the electoral process.
He called on Kasipul residents to emerge in abundance and to deny threats, emphasizing that the ODM party must follow democratic values at the local level.
“We demand a peaceful, unrestless, unrest, without any kind of hooliganism, without all kinds of original threats and a serious cunning. Let us come out largely to humiliate the violent devil who is in our midst but pretending an angel,” He encouraged.
ODM parliamentary candidate Boyd Were accused his opponents of organizing violence in the upcoming party’s nomination.

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Meanwhile, deputy governor of Homa Bay Oyugi Magwanga called on Kasipul voters to be careful about supporting Boyd.
He expressed his concern that Boyd might reflect his controversial father’s inheritance that includes allegations of brutal crime and advised residents to make informed decisions to prevent the future.
Magwanga also criticized ODM foreign leaders for allegedly pushing for Boyd’s bid on a sympathetic basis.
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