NASA co-principal Raila Odinga. He says Nyamira and Kisii counties are Nasa zones. Photo/Standard digital

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Gusii region is not a swing zone, ODM leader Raila Odinga has said.

Raila on Thursday dismissed Jubilee Party’s classification of six counties among them Nyamira and Kisii as battlegrounds in the forthcoming August 8 general election.

Raila instead said the regions are ODM-National Super Alliance (NASA) zones, the Nation has reported.

Other counties that are said to be swing regions are Trans Nzoia, Turkana, Narok and Kajiado. The six counties have a total of 2.1million votes.

“I saw the other day on the newspaper that Kajiado, Narok, Turkana, Kisii, Nyamira and even Trans Nzoia are battle zones. What battle zones? Those are formidable ODM-Nasa zones and we have those numbers,” Raila said at the ODM headquarters in Nairobi on Thursday.

He spoke after meeting four different delegations from Kajiado, Kwale, West Pokot and Turkana counties.

He also took a swipe at DP William Ruto’s remarks that NASA leaders are power hungry.

“What is he also looking for if not power. If he doesn’t want leadership, then let him go home,” said the former Prime Minister.

He said as NASA leaders, they have a vision to transform the country and that is why they are seeking to unseat the Jubilee administration the polls.

He further accused the Jubilee administration of having misplaced priorities.