{"id":1058632,"date":"2022-04-17T10:47:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T10:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/17\/aspirants-unhappy-over-move-to-give-direct-tickets\/"},"modified":"2022-04-17T10:47:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T10:47:38","slug":"aspirants-unhappy-over-move-to-give-direct-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/17\/aspirants-unhappy-over-move-to-give-direct-tickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspirants unhappy over move to give direct tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ODM National Chairman John Mbadi addresses members of the press on March 3, 2022, at Chungwa house in Nairobi after receiving defectors from Tana River.<\/strong> [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A move by ODM to issue direct tickets in Migori County has sparked an outcry from some of the aspirants.\n<\/p>\n

The party had announced that it will only hold nominations for Woman Rep, Suna West Constituency and MCA seats.\n<\/p>\n

But many aspirants and supporters who have been preparing for the primaries ahead of the August 9 ballot are not happy and are saying that is stifling democracy. <\/p>\n

The ODM primaries in Migori are slated for today.\n<\/p>\n

On Friday, ODM National Elections Board chair Catherine Mumma outlined the areas where the polls are to be held.<\/p>\n

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ODM chair John Mbadi had on Thursday hinted that aspirants who included Senator Ochilo Ayacko, Suna East MP Junet Mohammed and his Rongo counterpart Paul Abuor will get direct nominations.\n<\/p>\n

For the Uriri Constituency seat, Mark Nyamita has been leading in ODM opinion polls.\n<\/p>\n

In Awendo Constituency, Walter Owino is expected to be given the party ticket. <\/p>\n

Aspirants who were unhappy with the ODM move termed it unfortunate.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I declared my candidature, voters gave me the mandate to bring change in the constituency. Within a week, I will make my next move known,\u201d businessman Jared Kwaga who is eyeing the Uriri parliamentary seat, said.\n<\/p>\n

Kwaga who said he respects Mbadi and ODM party leader Raila Odinga said the aspirants did not get official communication from the party on direct tickets.\n<\/p>\n

Woman Representative Pamela Odhiambo who is vying for governor said she was not informed that her rival Senator Ayacko was to get a direct ticket.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were never called and informed of the decision regarding direct tickets. We are ready to vote,\u201d Odhiambo said. <\/p>\n

She said the decision by the party was not binding and she was surprised by it.\n<\/p>\n

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ODM National Chairman John Mbadi addresses members of the press on March 3, 2022, at Chungwa house in Nairobi after receiving defectors from Tana River. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard] A move by ODM to issue direct tickets in Migori County has sparked an outcry from some of the aspirants. The party had announced that it will only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1058633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3887],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}