Fatuma Mohammed, a candidate for Migori Woman Representative, stormed the ODM primary tallying center at Migori Teachers College, accusing the party of rigging the election of Nominated MP Dennitah Ghati.
Ms Mohammed, who is vying for the party’s nomination for the third time, is urging the party’s leadership to be impartial.
She said the party was favoring her opponent, a former women’s representative who served from 2013 to 2017.
The politician told the media that this was the third time the ODM had denied her victory after backing with the incumbent woman representative, Pamela Odhiambo, in 2017.
“She was a woman rep in 2013, she did not win. It was negotiated and they took my victory and gave it to Ghati. In 2017 I won by a landslide but they took my victory and gave it to Pamela Odhiambo the current woman rep.
“I have been very fair to the party, they do wrong to me I kneel down and say its okay Baba but why me? Why me? I am spending millions. I sold my house worth Sh25 million to prove that I want to be the Woman Rep for Migori County,” she stated.
“Baba came to Kuria and negotiated with the Kuria community and he told them that Ghati was not a strong candidate but I will nominate her so that the community can feel included in the government. He came a second time and promised again during the burial of the late William Machage,” the disgruntled aspirant said.
