Central Organisation of Trade Union Secretary General Francis Atwoli has said Western region will unveil its preferred presidential candidate for 2017 in December.
Speaking on Saturday, September 8 during the burial of Julius Shikhule in Eshibinga Village in Kakamega, Atwoli confirmed that the region will chart its political agenda through their preferred candidate.
“By December, we must have the region’s presidential candidate who will automatically be the community’s spokesman,’’ he said as quoted by The Standard.
Atwoli urged the local residents to register as voters for them to choose their preferred presidential candidate from the region in the 2017 polls.
"The declaration we are going to make is for the community vote. It is not against any leader in this country but for the benefit of unity. It will also be a message that western will never be a walk in walk outs,'' Atwoli said.
He also tasked a few university scholars to conduct a research in a move to determine who among Musalia Mudavadi, Moses Wetang'ula and Cyrus Jirongo is more popular.