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Kisumu Deputy governor Ruth Odinga has backed senator Anyang’ Nyong’o in his bid to vie for area gubernatorial seat come the general election in August.
Odinga stated her position to support Nyong’o after Ranguma allegedly referred to some parts of the county as remote.
The deputy governor said that those areas referred to us remote form part of Kisumu county and should be treated the same as other counties.
“How can you refer to part of your county as remote? This means you do not mean well for some parts of the county and therefore there is no need for you to ask for their votes. Nyakach is part of Kisumu County and they equally deserve development,” she said.
Earlier Ranguma had made a remarks that Thurdibuoro in Nyakach Sub-County was a remote area which did not seat well with Odinga.
Ranguma defended his statement saying that the polling station Thurdibuoro Secondary School, where the results were announced, is located in a remote area and ought not to have been used as the county’s tallying centre.
“Thurdibuoro, where the results were declared, is located in a remote area, 70 kilometres from Kisumu Town,” said Ranguma.