A quest for unity being crafted by elected leaders in Nyamira and Kisii Counties will be the onset of crumbling of dominant Jubilee and ODM parties from the region.

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For close to decade, the community, with estimated 800, 000 voters, has voting for major parties in the country, with ODM leader Raila Odinga being beneficiaries of subsequent elections since 2007.

Last year, the pattern was not different, as Raila won in Kisii but trailed Uhuru Kenyatta slightly in Nyamira, where the president scored 52 percent of valid votes.

But the unity talks, if succeeds, would see different voting dynamics as the community prepares for deputy president offer in 2022, or even field a presidential candidate.

"We have already met and we stated clearly that we shall not allow parties without roots in our motherland. It is time to chat the way forward and this is going to be a reality," said Josh Nyamoko, a Jubilee MP for North Mugirango.

He added: "We shall meet before the end of this month. In the meeting, among the top agenda will be having a party of our own. We shall ditch major parties so that we can easily push for an agenda."

One of the agenda if the plans for new party goes through, Nyamoko observes, will be proposing for partnerships with top presidential candidates where the community would only accept deputy presidential position offer.

Already, Interior Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang'i is proposed to be among the front runner in the unity pact.