Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju is considered one of the biggest political traitors in the entire Luo Nyanza region.

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Tuju who hails from Rarieda, Siaya County, has for a long time been on the opposite side from the region’s political kingpin Raila Odinga.

To worsen it, he has always been on the side trying to crush Odinga’s presidential ambitions, with his side on all occasions succeeding.

The former Rarieda parliamentarian was on the side of President Mwai Kibaki when he faced Raila in the 2007 presidential race, a race Kibaki controversially won.

In 2013, he again teamed up with Uhuru Kenyatta who had Kibaki’s blessings, again stamping on Raila’s third bid, with the same repeating itself in the concluded 2017 general elections.

With the Luo Nyanza known to be very unwelcome to anti-Odinga politicians, Tuju is currently considered one of the region’s ‘lost and unwanted children’.

He has portrayed himself as a person standing between the region and the presidency, a seat it has been after since the days of independence but is yet to clinch.

Unless he reconsiders his moves and joins Raila, the former Cabinet Minister will have it very hard winning any seat, however small, in either Luo Nyanza or any other region dominated by members of the community.

Basing on his opposition of Raila, which at times also comes with some unkind words towards the veteran politician, he will have it hard even winning the lowest electoral seat in the nation should he make an attempt.

Therefore, it will be easier for an unknown person to ascend to the Member of County Assembly (MCA) seat than Tuju in an opposition zone.

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