Former governors Wycliffe Oparanya and Ali Hassan Joho are currently engaged in a looming battle over the control of the ODM party. The two are seeking to inherit the party in the event that Raila Odinga wins the OAU chairmanship seat and moves to Addis Ababa. The seat prevents the office holder from partaking in local politics and so that may see Raila’s activities locally limited. It all however depends on whether he wins or not. Yesterday in a recruitment drive in Wajir, Joho laid bare his intentions to succeed Raila as party leader and added that he was only answerable to Raila Odinga who had been aware of all his moves.
The area governor while speaking said that he would not sit back and watch both Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya destroy the party. That they should both sit under the leadership of Raila Odinga. He added that everyone has to play under the confines of party law’s. He however leaned towards Hassan Joho ‘s side and rallied behind him to take over from Raila.