News Analysis By Leo Odera Omolo
POLITICS OF Nyando constituency is rapidly getting nasty and deteriorating following the belligerent attitudes of the area’s sitting MP, which has witnessed some of the most ugliest incidents in almost every public gatherings attended by the legislator.
As many as close to four occasions the Nyando MP Fred Outa has had the roughest time and had to be escorted out of the venues under armed police security to avoid the wrath of his enraged constituents.
Over the Easter weekend, the MP’s security details had to shoot in the air to prevent the MP from possible lynching by his own constituents, The MP escaped under the hails of stones, which smashed the CDF vehicle rear windscreen.
For starters, the legislator had attended the burial of an ODM party official in Kowino South Location, Kadibo Division ,Kisumu East district when hell broke loose.
The rage of the mourners was sparked off by the MP himself when he forcefully wrestled and snatched a microphone from an ODM official Amonde Obadha to a futile attempt to prevent him from addressing the mourners.
According to the MP, Mr. Amonde had no legitimacy to speak arguing that his list of the branch elected officials was the one recognized by the party’s secretariat in Nairobi, therefore Mr. Amonde was not a legitimate official of the party.
The MP claims, however, was promptly dismissed by the other camp , which argued that the MP did not conduct any election, but had only handpicked some names, which he had sneaked a line up of his sycophants and cronies to the ODM headquarters in Nairobi.
The latest incident, thanks to his hawk-eyed security details, the MP escaped death by a whisker and immediately went straight to the Central Police Station, Kisumu and within some few minutes returned to the venue with a contingent of policemen to arrest his perceived assailants.
Interestingly, the MP opted to arrest only his archrivals who contested the same seat with him during the 2007 general elections. These were a Nairobi businessman Charles Aguko and the Londian Town Clerk Parick Lumumba Ouya and one ODM activist Obura Owuoth.
But quick intervention from top police bosses salvaged the trio and the warring groups were temporarily reconciled. ,but not before the MP shirt was torn up in the melee. End
Early this year, the embattled Nyando MP in a bid to perpetuate alleged earning of hefty commission from a Thika based Asian tycoon, who is a rice miller one {COPWELL LTD} ,the same MP it was alleged had engineered the arrest of three administrative chiefs who he accused were agitating for FAO to come in and bring competition to the seemingly suppressed and grossly exploited Kano Plain rice Irrigation scheme farmers.
But once again a quick intervention by the Nyanza P.C Paul Olando saved the day and the chiefs and their friends were immediately released from the police custody at the chagrins of the legislator. Nyando constituents are not only startled, but are puzzled by the way the MP always resorted to draconian police action on the slightest argument with his people,
The rumour making the around within the constituency, says the MP is allegedly collaborating with the Thika based Asian tycoon who is a rice miller who has the monopoly of buying all the rice crops produced in the area, and that the MP is receiving a hefty commission on all the rice delivered to the miller plus protection fees.
Hardly a fortnight ago, the same MP it is being further alleged had organized local political goons to disrupt a meeting of the local rice farmers and the Permanent Secretrary for Irrigation David Stower.
The PS had gone to Nyando Irrigation scheme to ascertain the plight of the peasant rice farmers in the area who have been incessantly protesting that they were consistently being oppressed and exploited by a cartel of brokers.
The MP it is being alleged has been overheard on several occasion bragging that he is connected to the corridor of power, courtesy of the fact that his wife is related to the Prime Minister Raila Odinga and is actually working in the PM”s office.
All these adds credence as to why the local police bosses are always quick in responding to any simplest complaints lodged by the legislator, some of which are rather flimsy and petty, not even worth investigations.
Politically, local pundits were quick in observing that it will require the Devine intervention to salvage the embattled MP’s fast diminishing political career in Nyando.
This is because the MP’s popularity has waned drastically.
Dilapidated feeder and access roads, poor disbursement of CDF, school bursary and Hiv/Aids and road maintenance funds coupled with excessive arrogance and chest thumping are some of the reasons which has derailed this green horn legislator rapidly declining political influence in his impoverished constituents. The electorate now feels they were getting row deals from their MPs and hence frequent punch ups at his meetings.
It is time this legislator harmonize his relationship with his constituents and cultivate friendship instead of belligerency.
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:45:40 -0700 [04:45:40 AM CDT]
From: Leo Odera Omolo
Subject: NYANDO MP ON THE WAR PATH AGAINST HIS CONSTITUENTS FOLLOWIBNG FIST PUNCH UP AT A FUNERAL GATHERING.
It is on the record that Nyando MP Mr. Fred Outa is out to fight any developments initiatives that are taking place within the area.
Besides the cases highlighted by Leo Omollo odera, Mr. Outa took his time to fight the Okana Electricity project which he claims he is the financier to a tune of Ksh 4million, when the truth is that the project is funded by Rural Electrification Authority.
Outa came to the project site and the told communities to stone personnel of the contractor who are working on the line and threatened to stop the project.
We challenge outa to call a public rally at Rabuor and allow wananchi to talk to him.
this is the sahme of being a luo . outas of kenya including raila are continuing to exploit the allegience the luos has given him to the tune of fidel raila is making billion of ahrd currency out of poor kenyans by selling maize illigally shame on luos i am a luo to weche ramogi NO WAY! shame on onagi a bunch of fools across the globe look how poor they are onagi stupid bunch of fools the great tom mboya is crying in the grave he told them years ago. outa is just a drop in the sea.look at leo odera with his rungu? copying moi? shame on you leo bustard!
It’s time we realize that our own wisdom is sufficient for us to make the right choice. Mr. Leo Odera Omollo, i know this is a well engineered cold war against the MP. If u think that pulishing this story will gain u or your master publicity, you’ve shot yourselves on the foot. If at all you were non-partisan on these issues, why do you waste your precious time on his negatives and shy away from showigng even a single good thing he’s doing. Pliz go back to your mind and analyse yourself before talking about even a dog.
Worse of Outa!!! the daily nation and star newspapers have reported that Mr. Outa threatened to Kill one of the witnesses in a case where he has been taken to court for mismanagment of CDF funds.. the threat was made in the presence of Kisumu DC Mr. Mabeya who also have confirmed and recorded a statement to police… Outa is a conemen, a fraud,a thief, who lied to the constituents that he is a pastor whilehe goes around dancing in bars and drinking like a looser…
Jonyando, we need to thank the people who took Outa to court and the brilliant young lawyer who argued the case in Kisumu… I am told Outa went to court againt last week demanding to be paid a cost of over Ksh. 3 million from the residents who took him to court but the lawyer argued very successfully til Outa’s application was thrown out….
We need to rally behind the people who took him to court..
I just want to confirm what my good friend Mr Benjamin Koyoo have stated here and add some few issues that the Nyando Mp have done to the detriment of his constituents. Hon Outa is the biggest enemy of the Nyando people. I can remember very well in November 2010 when a women group based in Rabuor Koyuga successfully organized a fundsdrive to help them instal a water tank for their project-a car wash project. Amongst the invited guests were the COTU secretary general Francis Atwoli as the chief guest, Hon Otieno Karan as the chief guest assistant amongst others. The group invited the Hon MP to grace the fundsdrive as one of the assistant guests. They sent him cards to that effect. Instead of the MP gracing the occasion and or sending his contribution, he instead went further to tell the chief guest that there was no need of coming to this one particular drive as he was planning to organize a big drive that could take care of all women groups in the constituency. When the women called him to confirm his attendance, he instead rebuked them saying that he could not share a platform with Hon Karan and so therefore could not come. The funds drive went on even though without the chief guest who later confessed that he was urged not to attend by the MP himself. The big drive he was purporting to organize for the women groups come and passed without anything going towards helping the women. Indeed, most of the women groups lost there share savings that they contributed towards the harambee. Otherwise, what could you call a Ksh 5000 that were given to the groups to share ?. This is a big joke coming from a leader who purport to be development oriented. On this, this women will never forgive him. The SEE-LIGHT WOMEN GROUP will never forgive Outa. Period. The enemy from within is Outa himself. See him soon!