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– CORD leaders in Malindi to campaign for their parliamentary candidate
– Jubilee supporters apparently disrupted one of the CORD events
– The seat was left vacant following appointment of Dan Kazungu as minister
– Malindi parliamentary by-election to be held on March 7
Campaigns for Malindi parliamentary by-election are heating up with two major political coalitions trying to outdo each other.
Hundreds of Malindi residents filled the streets, on Sunday, February 8, to receive CORD’s top leadership who arrived in the constituency to drum up support for the coalition’s candidate Willy Mtengo.
CORD
leader Raila Odinga with coalition’s candidate in the Malindi
by-election Willy Mtengo on Sunday, February 8. Photo: Courtesy
CORD
leaders Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Moses Wetangula with coalition’s
candidate in the Malindi by-election Willy Mtengo on Sunday, February
8. Photo: Courtesy
CORD
supporters at Malindi airport to welcome coalition principals Raila
Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Moses Wetangula and their candidate in the
Malindi by-election Willy Mtengo on Sunday, February 7. Photo: Courtesy
The CORD procession from Malindi airport towards the town was apparently going well until the leaders arrived at Msabaha area. According to The Star, more than 100 youths held demonstrations in the area protesting against the Cord principals.
“The youths who jammed Raila’s venue sang songs praising JAP and the Jubilee administration for their development record,” the paper reported.CORD co-principals Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula were in Kilifi county to escort Mtengo to presenting his papers to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission on Monday, February 8.
Mtengo is running against Jubilee candidate Phillip Charo and other four aspirants in the by-election to be held on March 7.
The seat was left vacant following the appoint of dan kasungu. The opposition has vowed to reclaim the seat as Kazungu was a member of ODM.
