Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja team is eyeing at least eight elective seats in Deputy President William Ruto's Uasin Gishu county.
The camp which is under President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga's leadership is eyeing a number of ward seats and one parliamentary seat from Uasin Gishu county.
Despite being one of the counties considered DP Ruto's UDA strongholds, the Azimio team has stepped up its efforts to penetrate into the rich agricultural county and turn the tables against the UDA party wave.
In Turbo, William Ruto's home constituency, ODM will be taking the war to the DP's doorsteps by fielding Samson Kimani alias Samkiz as its candidate for the MP seat.
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Kimani, who has already hit the ground running, is expected to be handed ODM's ticket and pave way for a battle with the incumbent MP Janet Sitienei who will be defending her seat on UDA party ticket
Among the Ward Representative Seats that the Raila-led coalition has shown interest in clinching includes Langas and Huruma wards.
The incumbent MCAs from the two wards were elected on Jubilee party tickets in 2017.
Langas MCA Francis Muya will be defending his seat on a Jubilee ticket, a party that is under Azimio la Umoja camp.
In Huruma, the incumbent MCA Lucy Chomba who was elected on the Jubilee ticket in the 2021 by-election, has however defected to Ruto's UDA party and will be running on the ticket to defend the seat.
Lucy Chomba will face off with Azimio's candidate lawyer Kimani Wanjohi who will be running on a Jubilee party ticket. Kimani got a boost after ODM candidate Andrew Sure stepped down for him.
Azimio will also be looking forward to defending its seat in Kiplombe Ward. Ramadhan Ali will be banking on ODM ticket to defend a seat he won in 2017 through Raila's party.
Other wards in Uasin Gishu where Azimio team will be fielding candidates include Kapsoya ward, Kapsaos, Moi's Bridge Olare/Aibankoi wards
