| Updated Tue, April 25th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma campaigns in Nyakach sub-county ahead of the ODM nominations. [Photo:Denish Ochieng, Standard]The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) came under criticism over last-minute cancellation of the eagerly awaited party nominations in Kisumu and Siaya. Anger and confusion reigned in the two counties, after the party’s National Elections Board cancelled the nomination exercises. The Kisumu nominations were cancelled late on Sunday night while the decision to stop the Siaya primaries were announced only yesterday morning after some voters had arrived at the polling stations. ALSO READ: MP Mwinyi slapped with ten charges after chaotic ODM pollsRanguma said the decision to postpone the Kisumu nominations was meant to create room for irregularities.

Source: Standard Digital April 24, 2017 19:47 UTC