By Our Reporter.

The Luo-Nyanza an area considered to be the stronghold of the Orange Democratic Movement {ODM} is currently experiencing massive covert operations by agents and operatives of the G7 outfits.

Million of shillings is said to have been poured in the region to the express purpose of undercutting the political clout and influence of the Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the Luo political kingpin ahead of the 2012 general election next year.

These intrigues of the rapidly changing pattern of politics in Luo-Nyanza is likly to have adverse effect on the popularity of the ODM and its absolute control of voting system in the region.

In the seemingly unlikely events, the area could see many independent candidates spinning up during the forthcoming general election.And even the sitting MPs seeking re-election as independent candidate cannot be ruled out.

Several aspirants vying for parliamentary seats in various constituencies and for Senate seats and County governors are said to be the conduits. They are said to have already established contacts with Raila’s political enemies in the Rift Valley and in the Mt Kenya region, particularly the PNU alliance under the amorphous G7.

Already One unnamed aspirant for the Kisumu County Senate seat is reported to be so liquid and dishing thousands of shillings to the youth and other targeted ODM local leaders. The man is said to have held a series of nightly meeting in various parts of the region with youths and political operatives previously associated with the ODM in attendance.

The G7 is loosely associated with the Eldoret North and suspended High Education Minister William Ruto and the Finance Minister Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. Other active members included the former South Mugirango MP Omingo Magara, the Minister for Tourism Najib Balala,Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa,the Vice President Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka and other luminaries from the North Eastern Province and other regions.

Going by what happened during the much touted prayers at the Uhuru Park, which was held on the day the Ocampo Six jetted home from The Hague in the Netherlands, the G7 has already got a foothold in Nyanza and recruited in its rank and file two prominent Luo politicians. One of them is the former Foreign Affairs Minister Raphael Tuju, the immediate Rarieda MP who a couple of weeks ago hosted Uhuru Kenyatta at a meeting with Nairobi based Luo professional caucus and businessmen caucus in a Nairobi hotel.

The other notable associate of the G7 group is a prominent Nairobi lawyer Onyango Oloo who has recently launched his own political party called The Democracy and Freedom Party {DFP}, which is also said to be making major inroad inside Luo Nyanza

Ruto’s point-man in Luo-Nyanza is Joseph Ay.

Onyango Oloo whose party is said to have succeeded in a limited scale in mobilizing former Kisumu youth associated with the deadly Kondele Bagdad Boys has of late become a thorny in the flesh of the ODM.

Ayugi {Mbuta} the youthful political operative who had accompanied the Eldoret North MP to The Hague in Netherlands, where he was held briefly by the Dutch policemen for carrying placards outside the ICC court. Mbuta and lawyer Onyango Oloo had briefly addressed the congregations at the Uhuru Park prayers as the representatives of Nyanza region.

Tuju’s stand, however, remained unclear because he is still serving the government at a senior position of Presidential Adviser on media and Cohesion. But the former Minister Tuju is credible and could give the ODM a run for its money if he wished to join the Ruto-Kenyatta alliance.

Reports reaching us, says Ruto had secured a large following inside Luo-Nyanza while serving as the Minister for Agriculture, especially with those whose activities are related to sugar milling and sugar-cane growing areas. He said to have secured lucrative contracts and jobs for a number of Luo personalities in the sugar industry. The exercise is said to have given the ODM rebel MP political mileage in some parts of greater Southern Nyanza and Kisumu regions.

Men who are alleged to be acting as protégé of Ruto are said to be high liquid and are said t be dishing out cash wherever they go in the form of handouts to the youths and ODM selected individual party leaders and members.

Also targeted are popular Ohangla musicians across the region. We have received unconfirmed these musicians are being hired to compose popular songs in praise of Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta G7 alliance ahead of their impending tour of Nyanza.

Other unconfirmed sources say that disgusted Luo MPs who do not agree with the ODM leadership are reportedly secretly consulting with the G7 leaders. Some of them are said to be drifting towards the Ruto-Kenyatta alliance, but for fears of possible reprisals from the party stalwarts.

Insiders say it is only a matter of time before these political man oeuvres exploded in open fuelling confrontation in Nyanza an area which is usually politically volatile and at times prone to political violence.

Other allegation making the round is that a number of political luminaries in Luo-Nyanza are presently sneaking out and trooping to Eldoret for secret meetings with or Ruto or his agents.

There is also the case of Luo MP who were perceived to have been black-listed be unwanted by ODM leadership prior to the 2007 general election, but who eventually soldiered on and won their seats owing to the good will of the electorate are also reported to be uncomfortable with the party sparking off the rumors of the impending massive political realignment, which could see some of the sitting MPs fro the region changing sides ahead of the next year’s general election.

However, the ODM thank-tank group members are said to be very concern at the attitudes of some aspirants allegedly receiving the campaign money from other competitive parties.

The electorate wants the aspirants acting as the moles of other parties within the ODM to come out clear and declare their sources of money. The electorate wants such political turn-coats be banned from contesting the elections while using the ODM name, slogan and manifestos.

Rising opposition to the ODM in Nyanza came as come about as the result of the alleged distribution of top government prime jobs since the formation of grand coalition of PNU/ODM government, which has seen the Prime Minister Raila Odinga influenced the employment of kith and kin in total disregard to the larger areas of the Luo-Nyanza.

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