Former Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba casts his vote alongside his wife, October 26, 2017. [Photo|Ababu Namwamba]Former Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba has left a message after Kenyans went to the ballot on Thursday.He said Budalangi, Busia County and the larger Western Kenya region voted overwhelmingly for President Uhuru Kenyatta.Below is his message, Sunday."In Budalangi, Busia and whole of Western Kenya, we voted, in our thousands. I thank all our people who braved the exported violence, intimidation and cheap propaganda and turned up on 26.10 to vote for President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. You have walked on the right side of history. Murio muno. Eyalama!"
However, numbers from IEBC indicated that Kenyatta only managed to garner 21,000 votes from Busia County despite the region having over 300,000 registered voters.In Budalangi constituency Uhuru garnered 8,570 votes out of 38,417 total number of registered voters.Namwamba was ODM secretary general and a staunch supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga before he defected and to support Kenyatta's re-election.