[Funyula MP Paul Otuoma. Photo/SG]
Below is ODM's press release, after National Elections Board (NEB) conducted primaries in three counties, April 13.
The nominations in Busia, pitying incumbent governor Sospeter Ojaamong' and Funyula MP Paul Otouma, were marred by irregularities.
Ojaamong' had emerged the winner with 92,358 votes against his challenger Otuoma's 63,752 votes.
''The National Elections Board of the ODM has received results of yesterday’s nominations exercise in Busia, Bungoma and Machakos Counties from respective Returning Officers.
The Board has since receipt of the results been scrutinizing them with the aim of making the final announcement as required by the party constitution.
However, the Board has noticed major irregularities in the results for the Busia gubernatorial nomination exercise which if announced as is can cause discordance among members in the County.
In view of the above reasons, the Board has made a decision to nullify the Busia gubernatorial nomination results and ordered a repeat exercise on Tuesday 25th April 2017.
Results for the other seats remain as they were received.
Hon. Judith Pareno Chairperson – NEB 14th April 2017''