Former Rangwe MP George Oner Oganga is among the youthful MPs that took Nyanza's political landscape by storm during the 2013 general election.
Alongside Kasipul Kabondo's Silvance Osele and Agostino Neto of Ndhiwa, Oner defied all odds to trounce veterans to win the seat which is at the heart of Homa Bay County politics.
Five years later, the former MP is facing a race against time to bring his political career back on track after losing to a woman in 2017.
Dr. Lilian Gogo, a career educationist, left her teaching job at Egerton University to make a huge plunge into politics. With no political experience, no one gave her a chance in a male-dominated race.
Luckily, her decision to join politics came at a time when Oner's popularity had taken a nosedive amid claims that he was a 'Jubilee mole'.
She beat the incumbent during the ODM nominations and confirmed her win in the August election when she trounced a couple of other competitors.
So what became of a man who five years ago was being viewed as the future of Nyanza politics? His election alone was seen by many as a move by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to nurture his successor especially from among youthful politicians.
With attention now shifting to 2022, will he wrestle the seat back from Dr. Gogo? Well, his next move on the political chessboard will make or break his political trajectory.