{"id":917027,"date":"2022-01-17T12:59:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/17\/list-of-governors-who-attended-naivasha-meeting-in-support-of-raila-odinga-presidential-bid\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T12:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:59:59","slug":"list-of-governors-who-attended-naivasha-meeting-in-support-of-raila-odinga-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/list-of-governors-who-attended-naivasha-meeting-in-support-of-raila-odinga-presidential-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"List of governors who attended Naivasha meeting in support of Raila Odinga presidential bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga (center) with a section of governors from across the country addressing the press in Naivasha, Nakuru County on January 17, 2021.<\/strong> [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nearly thirty governors drawn from across the country have backed ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga’s presidential bid terming him as a great and longtime defender of devolution.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

25 governors held a consultative meeting at a Naivasha hotel today.\n<\/p>\n

Governors Alfred Mutua (Machakos), Kiraitu Murungi (Meru) and John Lonyangapuo (West Pokot) sent their apologies. <\/p>\n

While thanking the governors for their support, Raila noted that the country\u2019s future lies in devolution and said that he would increase the funds’ allocation to 35 percent.\n<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a list of the governors in attendance:<\/p>\n

1. Hassan Joho – Mombasa\n<\/p>\n

2. Amason Kingi – Kilifi\n<\/p>\n

3. Fahim Twaha – Lamu <\/p>\n

4. Granton Samboja – Taita Taveta\n<\/p>\n

5. Kivutha Kibwana – Makueni\n<\/p>\n

6. Charity Ngilu – Kitui\n<\/p>\n

7. Lee Kinyanjui – Nakuru\n<\/p>\n

8. James Ongwae – Kisii <\/p>\n

9. Wyclliffe Wangamati – Bungoma\n<\/p>\n

10. Martin Wambora – Embu\n<\/p>\n

11. Anyang\u2019 Nyong\u2019o – Kisumu\n<\/p>\n

12. Ndiritu Muriithi – Laikipia\n<\/p>\n

13. Cyprian Awiti – Homa Bay\n<\/p>\n

14. Cornel Rasanga – Siaya\n<\/p>\n

15. Alex Tolgos – Elgeyo Marakwet\n<\/p>\n

16. Anne Kananu – Nairobi\n<\/p>\n

17. Francis Kimemia – Nyandarua\n<\/p>\n

18. James Nyoro – Kiambu\n<\/p>\n

19. Ali Korane – Garissa\n<\/p>\n

20. Wycliffe Oparanya – Kakamega\n<\/p>\n

21. Mohamed Kuti – Isiolo\n<\/p>\n

22. Wilbur Otichillo – Vihiga\n<\/p>\n

23. Amos Nyaribo – Nyamira\n<\/p>\n

24. Joseph Ole Lenku – Kajiado\n<\/p>\n

25. Dhado Godhana – Tana River\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga (center) with a section of governors from across the country addressing the press in Naivasha, Nakuru County on January 17, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Nearly thirty governors drawn from across the country have backed ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga’s presidential bid terming him as a great and longtime defender of […]<\/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-917027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917027","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=917027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}