Some 103 politicians in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party have threatened to quit in what they termed as an unfair nomination process.
Speaking on Saturday, April 2, the politicians from Kisii County, one of the ODM Party's strongholds, noted that they were ready to walk to the party's headquarters with their resignation papers.
They argued that they were opposed to the party's plans to hand the current Woman Representative Janet Ong'era a direct ticket to defend the seat.
"All the aspirants, the 103 of us, do resolve that we shall meet on Monday (April 4) in Chungwa House Nairobi with our resignation letters from ODM party-ready in the event that this is not resolved by the National Elections Board (NED) under the chairperson," stated a representative from the country in a press briefing.
"The issue of popularity that this is more popular than this one, I think is overrated. All that matters is how well you are known.
"They just say that this one is the popular one full stop. They should consider who is popular and what they have done," argued a representative.
The women leaders from the region, however, defended Ong'era arguing that she should be given the direct ticket owing to her loyalty to the party.
"Baba (Raila Odinga) had sent people on the ground and they did scientific research and Ongera ranked higher," stated one of the women leaders.
This comes even as the Orange party postponed its nominations in the Coast region where there is a fierce contest between Abdulswammad Nassir and Suleiman Shahbal for the gubernatorial ticket.
Ong'era had bowed out of the race for the gubernatorial leaving 11 aspirants to square it out in Kisii.
During the February decision, she said at the time that she would be defending her current seat to complete the work she had started in 2017.
"Having reflected deeply on my political journey over the years and listened to my supporters across Kisii County, I have decided to defend my current seat in the coming general election," she noted at the time.
