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By JEFF OTIENO.

Nyando Mp Fred Outa and Kisumu County Governor Jack Ranguma have hence forth buried their political differences.Confirming to the press Outa said the protracted war between him and the Governor was as a result of his luckwarm style of leadership which has made the county to lag behind in terms of development since he took over the mantle of leadership but he has now agreed to shift fresh gears.Both Leaders were early this week spotted taking tea in a posh hotel in Kisumu to the chagrin of some opportunists who have been taking advantage of their differences.Most political pundits are however keenly watching whether the new bond will last considering that Ranguma as a person is said not to be his own man hes marooned by mandarins whose advices he cannot defy and also further considering Outas level of patience.The Mp is to lead a week long powerful delegation trip to Germany to try and unlock a stalemate between the county government and a consortium of investors who had been awarded a staggering Kshs15b to tackle waste management.The project has been shrouded with wrangles with inside sources saying Ranguma who was initially keen about the whole project has now developed cold feet for reasons which has stunned the residents and key stakeholders taking into consideration that he personally travelled there in september last year sat and agreed with the investors.The project has sharply divided the county assembly and the executive deep in the middle.Some opine that even if there was semblence of rules of procurement procuders which were violeted why cant it be re done to legitimise the whole thing in order to salvage the gigantic project.?Heartless Ranguma handlers and sycophants are however of the opinion that the finance executive Omulo Okal a man with unrivalled career in the banking sector for decades together with another officer in the Governors office should be victimised.Okal was initially Rangumas member of chicken cabinet but has been elbowed by busy bodies and his fate in the county now hangs by a thread.Ranguma literally fished out Okal from a lucrative job as a manager at Family Bank Kisumu Branch but the prevailing bad blood now tearing them a part is the pedestrian talk.Stringent financial management style is also said to have played a role of murky ties.Outa is accompanied by a group of Ward Reps a cross the county and theyre to leave on 23rd jan and whether Ranguma has now given them a blessing the press could not immediately establish.END