Since kick-starting his political career to a convincing win during the 2013 general elections, Kisii Governor James Ongwae has mastered the ropes in politics.
Today, he can rightfully claim that he is the political kingpin of the region.
His comfortable win in 2017 against the veteran of the region’s politics, Chris Obure, just confirmed his own growing political influence.
For the former Permanent Secretary, his political moves will shape up the region’s politics going into the 2022 political battle where the region could be very important for a presidential win.
A key NASA leader Raila Odinga ally, Ongwae holds key to former Prime Minister’s political future in the vote-rich county that has in the past two general elections been quite receptive to ODM.
However, the Governor’s decision a few months ago to lead a delegation of the region’s leaders to hold a meeting with Deputy President William Ruto sparked fears that the DP could be about to turn the tables on the former Prime Minister.
With the DP busy assembling his presidential winning machine, the Kisii Governor could be on his wish-list. But as he continues to maintain his grip on Kisii politics, Ongwae is a political asset that the former Prime Minister can afford to lose to a bitter rival.
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