{"id":33028,"date":"2021-08-07T14:54:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T14:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=33028"},"modified":"2021-08-07T13:47:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T13:47:15","slug":"ruto-meets-nyanza-think-tanks-in-attempt-to-penetrate-railas-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-meets-nyanza-think-tanks-in-attempt-to-penetrate-railas-backyard","title":{"rendered":"Ruto meets Nyanza think tanks in attempt to penetrate Raila\u2019s backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President William Ruto has scheduled a meeting with politicians and professionals from Nyanza in yet another attempt to penetrate ODM leader Raila Odinga\u2019s political turf.<\/p>\n

The two-day meeting that starts tomorrow in Naivasha will discuss the DP Ruto\u2019s bottom-up economic model that he believes will turn around the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will hold them for a two-day retreat to discuss the economic situation of the region in line with his proposed bottom-up economic model,\u201d Ruto\u2019s communication\u2019s director Emmanuel Talam said.<\/p>\n

Ruto and his economic think tanks have devised the bottom-up economic model that he believes will to uplift millions of Kenyans caged in the poverty corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom-up economy model will lift the millions of people in our nation that today either are jobless or are hustling and pastoralists and herders who are on food relief,\u201d Ruto said at his Karen residence on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Seen as part of the DP\u2019s efforts to penetrate the region, the meeting comes barely three months after tens of leaders from Nyanza met with Ruto’s team to craft an economic blueprint for the region that would form part of his manifesto.<\/p>\n

Nyanza, Raila\u2019s backyard, has proved to be a hard nut to crack for the DP, who has set his eyes on the Presidency in the 2022 general election.<\/p>\n

The ODM leader, seen as Ruto’s main challenger in the race, is the region\u2019s political kingpin, and has maintained a firm grip and enjoyed near-fanatical support for decades.<\/p>\n

In fact, this is the first time a group is emerging to chart a different political path, challenging Raila\u2019s dominance of the region.<\/p>\n

In May, top politicians from the region converged at Hermosa Hotel in Nairobi to craft the blueprint for Nyanza, which will be at the centre of discussion at the retreat.<\/p>\n

The team included former Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma, former Cabinet Minister Dalmas Otieno , former Raila\u2019s campaign manager Eliud Owalo, ex-Rangwe MP Martin Ogindo, Citizens Convention Party leader Grace Akumu, former East Africa Portland Cement and Muhoroni Sugar Co Ltd managing director John Nyambok,<\/p>\n

Former Vision 2030 director Judah Abekah, former Kenya Commercial Bank head of SMEs Christopher Migunde and educationist Prof David Otieno Okelo also attended the meeting.<\/p>\n

Also in attendance were development expert Geoffrey Muga, chairman of the Western Tourism Circuit Daniel Okumu, lawyers Duncan Ojwang and Amos Omollo, engineer Calleb Olali and cooperative sector expert Steve Otieno.<\/p>\n

However, Raila\u2019s troops trashed the attempts to market Ruto in the region, terming it an exercise in futility.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they think they have voters behind them, let them just go and offer themselves against those who will be nominated by ODM in 2022. Those are tumbocrats,\u201d ODM chairman John Mbadi had said.<\/p>\n

Edited by D Tarus<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. Deputy President William Ruto has scheduled a meeting with politicians and professionals from Nyanza in yet another attempt to penetrate ODM leader Raila Odinga\u2019s political turf. 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