Jakoyo Midiwo [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
NASA leader Raila Odinga's cousin who is also Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo has said he rejected a nomination certificate that the ODM party top leadership offered him to defend his seat.
Midiwo said he refused to take the certificate that was awarded him with conditions that he backs down from supporting Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo as he contests for the Siaya governor office.
He revealed that the party's echelons approached him twice but he maintained his stand.
“They called me in Nairobi and persuaded me to take the Gem parliamentary seat ticket, but I rejected on condition that Gumbo too be given his,” he said.
The National Assembly deputy minority leader revealed how he told them off, arguing that he was not ready to betray Gumbo.
He was speaking in Bondo town, Friday, where he was with Gumbo and the Siaya Women Rep aspirant Florence Aluodo.
The three earlier ditched ODM and are vying as independents.