The DP’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), ANC and Independence party KANU have all launched membership recruitment drives in the Coast. Yesterday, Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho claimed the Coast remains ODM’s stronghold despite other party leaders’ increased forays to the region. Top political leaders will always troop to this region because they seek to fill their baskets,” he said. “Key leaders in this region are about to exit and this has provided an opportunity to get a new crop of leaders,” he explained. “For 15 years we have supported one mzee (Raila) but he has not returned favour at all to Coast people.

Source: Standard Digital July 24, 2021 21:11 UTC