Africa-Press – Kenya. Two ODM rebel MPs will Saturday host President William Ruto in opposition Chief Raila Odinga’s Migori turf. The President’s team had made changes to his itinerary on Friday to include Uriri and Rongo constituencies in his one-day working tour of Migori.
The President will at 1pm tour Uriri Constituency of Mark Nyamita. The MP is among a host of Luo MPs who have warmed up to President Ruto despite threats of being kicked out of the ODM party.
The President will make stopovers at Stella, Sibuoche, Gogo and Oyani in Uriri constituency. The President, who is on Saturday winding up his three-day working tour of South Nyanza region, will later proceed to Paul Abuor’s Rongo constituency.
Ruto will make stopovers at Nyarach, Nyaburu, Oboke and Rangwe later in the afternoon. Both Abuor and Nyamita have openly pledged to work with President Ruto’s administration and have denounced ODM’s calls for protests.
The President will commission development projects in the two constituencies after changes were made to his initial itinerary. According to a programme released on Wednesday, the President was to only visit Kuria West and Kuria East constituencies in Migori County.
However, there were concerns that skipping the Luo side of the county would not be good for his image and could antagonise the two MPs who have promised to work with him.
Migori Governor Ochillo Ayacko had publicly stated that he had not been invited to the President’s trip and he will therefore not attend. Speaking to the press in his official residence on Thursday, Ayacko termed the visit as not inclusive.
“I want to state clearly that as a governor I have not been formally communicated by anybody about the president’s visit and as a holder of constitutional office it is not possible for me to attend those functions,” he said. Ayacko said Ruto is free to visit any part of the country and invite whoever he wants but he won’t be there as the head of county government.
“It will be improper to inflict my presence in the meeting because protocol will ensure I know the agenda and sitting arrangements, I don’t want a situation where there can be fallout which I won’t be responsible for,” Ayacko said.
The President completed his two-day tour of Kisii and Nyamira counties on Friday where he also attended Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu’s homecoming ceremony.
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