Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has found itself fighting for survival in Kasipul constituency, which has traditionally been one of its strongholds.
As Thursday’s by-election campaigns concluded, the electoral area appears to have slipped from being a guaranteed ODM seat to a do-or-die contest between the party’s candidate Boyd Were and Philip Aroko (independent).
ODM on Monday concluded its campaigns by blaming its broad-based partner, President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), for campaigning against the party’s candidate in an election that threatens to expose the soft underbelly of the 20-year-old outfit in the absence of its founding leader, Raila Odinga.
Mr Aroko has mounted a major challenge against ODM.
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