Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga is in power if not in office after four members of his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) including party chair John Mbadi now Finance Minister and Odinga's two deputies Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya were brought into William Ruto's unofficial unity government in July with Mbadi as Cabinet Treasury Secretary (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price)...
Though Odinga has not taken a formal job himself – suggesting that he is still serious about his campaign to become chair of the African Union Commission next February – the two deputy leaders of his Orange Democratic Movement Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya have both joined Ruto's cabinet taking the mining and small business portfolios respectively...
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Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement is believed to have been offered five cabinet posts with deputy party leaders Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya being touted for jobs though ODM's James Orengo a long-time Odinga ally has described joining Ruto as ‘a disaster' and ‘an abomination' adding that ‘the President has lost the confidence of the international community'...
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The two early frontrunners for the ODM leadership are Ali Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya both deputy party leaders and former governors of Mombasa and Kakamega respectively who will be looking to get their allies into ODM leadership positions...
The two early frontrunners for the ODM leadership are Ali Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya both deputy party leaders and former governors of Mombasa and Kakamega respectively who will be looking to get their allies into ODM leadership positions...
Now the race to succeed Odinga as ODM leader is shaping up as a straight fight between second-tier politicians: his two deputy leaders former Mombasa governor Hassan Joho and former Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya...
Azimio secretary-general and Suna East MP Junet Mohamed former Mombasa governor Hassan Joho and Azimio Secretariat CEO Elizabeth Meyo have been accused of failing to deploy enough agents across the country to detect and stop malpractice by their opponents...
In Mombasa meanwhile Abdulswamad Nassir won the battle to succeed veteran Odinga ally Hassan Joho defeating the United Democratic Alliance's (UDA) Hassan Omar by a narrower 119 083 to 98 105 margin reflecting the Ruto camp's stronger than expected performance at the Coast...
There is also a vacancy in Mombasa County where governor Hassan Joho is serving his final term...
Odinga's entourage including possible running mate Peter Kenneth and Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho was also far smaller than the 31 people travelling with Ruto...
Odinga's entourage including possible running mate Peter Kenneth and Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho is also far smaller than the 31 people travelling with Ruto (AC Vol 62 No 18 Raila takes to the pulpit)...