Deputy President William Ruto's UDA party has suffered a blow after 180 members of the party in Nyaribari Chache in Kisii county defected to ODM. The defectors who include the youth, women and MCA aspirants have thrown their weight behind the ODM MP candidate James Kenani and vowed to campaign for Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party. "I'm really excited about the fact that they have joined us ditching their own party that they have been supporting and by extension the parliamentary candidate," Kenani said. The group said they resorted to defect to ODM owing to Kenani's development record and will to help the underprivileged. Kenani will face among others UDA candidate Zaheer Jhanda at the August 9 polls.

Source: The Star July 17, 2022 15:46 UTC