Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho has predicted the winner of Kibra by-election.
Speaking on Wednesday while campaigning for ODM candidate Imran Okoth, Joho Said that Raila's party will retain the seat vacated by Ken Okoth who succumbed to cancer.
"Fear no one (Musiogope mtu), Kibra elections will be peaceful and Imran Okoth of ODM will finally be declared new MP," Joho affirmed.
However, will not be an easy sail for ODM. Ken's brother will face stiff competition from Jubilee's candidate MacDonald Mariga. The former footballer was endorsed by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday.
“The President wished Mr Mariga, who was accompanied by Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju, success in the contest and assured him of his full backing,” said State House in a statement as quoted by Citizen.
Another competitor likely to give ODM sleepless nights is its former strategist Eliud Owalo. He is seeking to succeed Ken Okoth on Musalia Mudavadi's an Amani National Congress (ANC) party ticket.
The stiff competition has seen ODM demand that its National Super Alliance partners, Amani National Congress, Wiper Democratic Movement and Ford-Kenya, withdraw from the contest. Through its party Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, ODM believes Kibra is its reserve.
“In the first incident, they declined to join us for the swearing-in of Raila at Uhuru Park. In the second instance, they vehemently opposed the handshake between Raila and President Uhuru Kenyatta, and now they are facing us head-on in our bedroom,” said Sifuna as quoted by Standard.