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They said the party’s next agenda after parliament approves the bill will be to hit the road to campaign for its adoption at the referendum.
“We anticipate that the two houses will pass the document this week so that we focus on the next big assignment,” Otiende said.
Deputy Governor Okumbe said the county was the first to pass the BBI bill and it is the hope that the bill will be approved immediately so that it can be taken to referendum.
Okumbe said the ambition of the region is to have Raila crowned as president.
“We want the issue of the reforms dispensed quickly so that we embark on the quest to have Raila pushed to State House,” he said.
The leaders also criticised the Friday evening chaos at Nyangaga Primary School in the Alego-Usonga constituency.
On Friday, MPs Samuel Atandi (Alego-Usonga), Otiende Amolo, Aduma Owuor(Nyakach), and Orengo were forced to flee after the supporters of an aspirant and Atandi’s clashed.
Atandi told the Star that he has reported the incident to the DCI offices in Siaya.
On Saturday, while addressing journalists, Atandi said that his bodyguards and those of his three colleagues had recorded their statements with DC detectives over the matter.
Kezia Obama, the stepmother to ex-US President Barack Obama was buried at her rural home in Siaya County on Saturday.
The brief ceremony conducted in Islamic rites was witnessed by close family members and elected leaders from Siaya county and a few residents in line with Covid-19 protocols.
Keziah died at a London hospital on Tuesday, April 13, aged 81.
Her body was repatriated from the UK on Friday for an overnight stay at her rural home
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