Makadara Member of Parliament George Aladwa has admitted that the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party's losses in the Ugenya and Embakasi by-elections were inevitable.
However, speaking on Saturday, the MP said that the twin defeats do not indicate or mark the beginning of the and of the opposition chief Raila Odinga-led side.
The Nairobi County ODM Chairman said that the party remains strong, adding that the losses should not be over-analyzed as they are normal in every political contest.
He wondered why the people making a fuss out of the issue never made equal noise when the party won the Migori senatorial race late last year, urging the nation to calm down.
"ODM iko imara, kushindwa ni kawaida katika siasa. Hii isiwe hadithi kubwa maana hata juzi tulishinda kule Migori na hatukutangaza sana.
(Wins and defeats are normal in politics and we remain strong despite this. However, let the issue not be inflated too much)," he said.
The vocal MP was speaking on Radio Jambo's Mazungumzo Waziwazi show on Saturday morning.
He said that the party will slip back to the drawing board for consultations, in a bid to emerge with answers and solutions to the causes of the embarrassing defeats.
"Tutarudi kwenye drawing board kama chama ili tutengeneze palipo na shida (we will relook into the issue to spot the problem)," he added.
In Ugenya, the party candidate and immediate former MP Chris Karan lost the seat to his predecessor David Ochieng.
ODM's candidate in Embakasi South Irshad Sumra lost to sitting MP Julius Mawathe of the Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) in the Friday exercise.
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