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Cord leader Raila Odinga has said that he will not vie for the Homa Bay county Senate seat.
"Please allow me to disappoint the Homa Bay elders, for I want to concentrate on the task of revamping the Orange Democratic movement," he said at a press conference on Monday.
Raila said the decision to decline the proposition by a section of Homa Bay leaders followed wide consultation.
''I was not in anyway influenced by things on social media. I am a politician guided by the mood on the ground," he said.
Among the MPs who urged Raila to consider becoming a senator include Omondi Anyanga (Nyakach), Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay Town), James Rege (Rachuonyo), Johnson Naicca (Mumias West), Shakir Shabeer (Kisumu Town East), and Nicholas Gumbo (Rarieda).
Raila’s former aids Caroli Omondi and Silas Jakakimba, businessman Hilary Alila, Fred Rabongo, Moses Kajwang, George Mboya and Dennis Onyango have declared interest in the seat declared vacant after Kajwang's death in November.
Others expected to vie for it include former Rangwe MPs Shem Ochuodho and Philip Okundi.
Some of the contestants, including Kajwang and Rabongo, have already launched their campaigns while others are expected to begin this week.
-The-Star.co.ke