{"id":916676,"date":"2022-01-16T08:50:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T08:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/16\/win-for-odm-as-coast-politicians-ditch-ruto-camp\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T08:50:13","slug":"win-for-odm-as-coast-politicians-ditch-ruto-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/16\/win-for-odm-as-coast-politicians-ditch-ruto-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Win for ODM as Coast politicians ditch Ruto camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"card-text\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nchuvdylk0ehuzmpizod61e3d95d8e72f.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>ODM leader Raila Odinga (right) with Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja during the commissioning of Nyangoro-Maktau water supply project in Mwatate sub-county, Taita Taveta of Friday<\/strong>. [Renson Mnyamwezi, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>A political wave created by United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Pamoja Africa Alliance (PAA) at the\u00a0Coast\u00a0has petered out as leading politicians troop back to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). <\/p>\n<p>Some of the leaders who for the last three years had vowed to back Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s presidential have backtracked and disowned him.\n<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Hassan Mwakimako believes UDA and PAA wave was fizzling out at the\u00a0Coast\u00a0because its leaders have failed to articulate local issues affecting voters.<\/p>\n<p>The Pwani University don described the new political re-alignments as survival tactics by politicians \u201cwho have realised that the outfits they belong to cannot sell in the\u00a0Coast.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome leaders in UDA and PAA are good in populist remarks that excite the masses for a few days.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"VZzbVpnTdj8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coastal politics: Governor Kingi forms new party, Pamoja Africa Alliance(PAA)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VZzbVpnTdj8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey must start to address unique issues in each region,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>In May last year, Prof Mwakimako was among the\u00a0Coast\u00a0professionals who developed an 18-point economic blueprint that was handed to UDA leadership.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUDA will move around for the second time. We have insisted that the DP should start addressing issues captured in the blueprint because each region has unique challenges,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Kaloleni MP Paul Katana, who is the latest\u00a0Coast\u00a0leader to abandon the DP\u2019s bandwagon, said: \u201cI\u2019ve listened to my people and\u00a0ODM\u00a0is the party to beat at the\u00a0Coast.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics and development<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never said that I will leave my party. I\u2019m an\u00a0ODM\u00a0member and I will defend my seat on the party\u2019s ticket in August. Separate political from development meetings,\u201d said Katana.\n<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Katana accompanied\u00a0ODM\u00a0leader Raila Odinga during his Taita Taveta tour.\n<\/p>\n<p>And yesterday, he appeared to blame unknown forces of \u201cputting words in my month\u201d over claims that he would support Ruto or shift allegiance from\u00a0ODM\u00a0to UDA.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never said I have abandoned\u00a0ODM. It is people who have been saying so out there,\u201d said Katana, who has on many occasions been captured on camera declaring his support for the DP.\n<\/p>\n<p>In Kilifi County, some leaders who had also vowed to ditch\u00a0ODM\u00a0and defend their seats on the new political outfit, are eating their words and renewing ties with the Orange party.\n<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi said PAA would back Raila\u2019s presidential bid in the August 9 polls. He said the new political outfit is for the future.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rabai MP William Kamoti, an ally of Kingi who had initially supported PAA, also accompanied Raila to Taita Taveta County. Taveta MP Naomi Shaban has also ditched UDA.\n<\/p>\n<p>Dr Shaban and her Voi counterpart Jones Mlolwa had earlier thrown their weight behind Ruto but now have trooped back to the\u00a0ODM\u00a0fold.\n<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja and his deputy Majala Mlagui, who were allies of Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, have also thrown their weight behind Raila.\n<\/p>\n<p>In Taita Taveta, UDA is left with former Governor John Mruttu and Woman Representative Lydia Haika to lead its campaigns.\n<\/p>\n<p>The DP still enjoys the support of Kilifi North MP Owen Baya, Mohamed Ali (Nyali), Athuman Shariff (Lamu East), Aisha Jumwa (Malindi), Msambweni\u2019s Feisal Badr, and Lamu Senator Anuar Loitiptip.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time for Baba, and anybody who thinks otherwise is mistaken and misguided. We are confident that Raila will be the fifth president of the Republic of Kenya,\u201d said Shaban.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"justify-content-start\">\n<button class=\"tags-btn mr-4 mb-3 load-more\"><br \/>\nUnited Democratic Alliance<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"tags-btn mr-4 mb-3 load-more\"><br \/>\nPamoja Africa Alliance<br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mx-auto col-12 row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-12 row  p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-9 text-left\">\n<h5 class=\"politic-cat\">\n<b>Monitor water pumps remotely via your phone <\/b><br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Tracking and monitoring motor vehicles is not new to Kenyans. Competition to install affordable tracking devices is fierce but essential for fleet managers who receive reports online and track vehicles from the comfort of their desk.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001434575\/win-for-odm-as-coast-politicians-ditch-ruto-camp\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 ODM leader Raila Odinga (right) with Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja during the commissioning of Nyangoro-Maktau water supply project in Mwatate sub-county, Taita Taveta of Friday. [Renson Mnyamwezi, Standard] A political wave created by United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Pamoja Africa Alliance (PAA) at the\u00a0Coast\u00a0has petered out as leading politicians troop back to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916676","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=916676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}