Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Homa-Bay Town.

A prominent Homa-Bay County prominent ODM activist Hilary Ochieng’ Alila jetted back into the country on Thursday morning after being away and missing from the political scene for over one month.

Immediately after his plane touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Alila who had travelled abroad on a business trip issued a stern warning to his only opponent in the contest get prepared for a bruising fight.

His only rival for the Senate seat is the Immigration and registration of Persons Minister Gerald Otieno Kajwang’ who is also the incumbent Mbita MP saying he would evict the Minister out of Homa-Bay camp where he has set his new political camp after absconding from his Mbita constituency.”We shall sending him packing and back to Mbita in hasty.

Mbita is where Otieno Kajwang’ belonged therefore it mischievous for him to desert his voters there and take refuge in Homa-Bay town. He had absconded and run away from his Mbita voters after failing to deliver the goods, though he has been an MP there for close to 17 years.

The populist and youthful politician had travelled abroad immediately after successfully campaigning for his friend Augustino Neto Oyugi who the recent by-election during the recently conclude Ndhiwa by-election with the landslide.”This by election has pointed out the new political dimension in the region.”It is now a clear-cut that the electorate are for change, and it is time for the political ”deadhoods” and unproductive leaders to go home and take a rest honorably and respectably,” said Alila who sounded jovially when he phoned this write from the JK Airport on Thursday morning.

Alila also challenged aged and tired politicians to leave the scene for the youthful energetic and focused leaders. He said he was very optimistic of clinching the Homa-Bay seat. The coming weeks will see him extensive tour of all the seven parliamentary constituencies which included Kabondo Kasipul, Kasipul, Karachuonyo, Rangwe, Ndhiwa, Gwassi, Mbita.

“As far as the campaign for the Prime minister’s bid for the State House bid, some MPs from Luo-Nyanza have become the biggest liabilities than being assets to the party. The MPs, he added, “spent most of their weekends either drinking in big hotels, or causing chaos and mayhem in funeral homes. Instead of this,he said they should go out visiting out neighboring friendly communities and team up with their counterparts in those areas in lobbying and canvassing for votes for Raila Odinga.

“ We would like to her MPs fro Luo-Nyanza spreading their wings and making in-roads into other regions like Gusii counties, Kericho and Bomet Counties,Naro, Vihiga,Kakamega, Busia, Bungma and Nandi County sharing platforms with their counter-parts from those area while canvassing or votes for or party leader Raila Oding

‘Thee is nothing at stake at funeral gatherings inide Luo-Nyanza, All those I attendance happened to be Luos with unswerving loyalty the ODM and to to the Prime Minister and therefore do not need to be lectured about it. The MP should visit other area and open new fronts instead of polluting and polarizing the Luo-Nyanza,’said Alila.

He promised that with effect from first December he would lead the team of professions and youthful politicians from Nyanza and make extensive tour of other counties outside Nyanza where they will conduct door-to door votes hunting campaign for Raila Odinbga to enable him score a comfortable victory in the presidential election on march 4,2013.

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