Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo and businessman William Oduol have vowed to team up in a bid to unseat Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga come 2017 general election.
The two said their aim was to liberate Siaya residents from abject poverty through sustainable development projects.
“I know everybody is happy with our union except one person - Mr Rasanga - who is the greatest enemy of the county’s development. We will work as a team to send him home and deliver the people of Siaya,” Gumbo said at Rarieda Mixed Secondary School in Rarieda Constituency.
The MP, who supported Rasanga’s gubernatorial bid in 2013, apologised to area residents for “forcing Rasanga on them”.
“I want to apologise to you people of Rarieda and the entire Siaya County for forcing Rasanga on you. It is time we got a leader who will transform the county instead of the incompetent Governor Rasanga.”
Gumbo and Oduol have vowed to support whoever among them wins the party nomination in an effort to oust incumbent Cornel Rasanga.