Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetangula on Monday led a team of Senate Agriculture Committee in Nyamira, a region perceived to be Raila Odinga's home turf for decades.
Upon arrival, the senate delegation was received by Governor John Nyagarama, County Secretary Erick Onchana, Health minister Douglas Bosire among other county government employees.
In Wetangula's delegation are area senator Okong'o Mogeni, Uasin Gishu's Margaret Kamar, Senator Mbito and Bomet's Christopher Lang'at.
The senate agriculture committee has been conducting consultative meetings with farmers across the country, a move that saw the team face hostility from North Rift farmers a fortnight ago at Eldoret over delayed payment.
Currently, the team is holding consultative meeting with area farmers at Uhuru gardens and will later in the evening visit Nyamira's food basket at Borabu, Nyansiongo.
"We kindly urge farmers to attend the consultative meeting with senate agriculture committee at Uhuru gardens and Nyansiongo.
"The meeting will give opportunity for farmers to share their concerns with authorities for an action," read governor John Nyagarama's message.
Incidentally, Wetangula, the former Minority Leader, is touring the region days after Senate house leadership changes that saw one of Raila Odinga's ally, Beatrice Kwamboka elected as Minority Deputy Whip.
The move elicited sharp reactions from both Wetangula and Musalia Mudavadi, who protested ouster of Petronilla Were, an ANC senator.
Ms. Kwamboka, who hails from Nyamira, is a staunch campaigner of Raila at Kisii, Nyamira and Nairobi Counties and she was Mountain View MCA before her nomination to the senate.
In recent days, Wetangula has shown dissatisfaction on how Raila's ODM party is handling coalition partners in NASA arrangement.
At Nyamira, while Raila commands huge following, ODM could not get a single elected MP in a contest that saw Wetangula's Ford Kenya win West Mugirango through Vincent Kemosi.
But at the assembly, ODM scooped eight MCA seats from the 20 that were available.
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