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Kilifi Senator Stewart Madzayo said the Coast remains an ODM stronghold and said support for Ruto would be channelled through the party’s established structures. [Nehemiah Okwemba, Standard]
Kilifi Senator Stewart Madzayo has insisted that the Coast region will not return to opposition politics following the decision by late ODM leader Raila Odinga to work with the government through the broad-based arrangement.
Madzayo said ODM elected leaders across the region had joined hands with their UDA counterparts to support President William Ruto’s administration and, in return, secure much-needed development projects and empowerment programmes for residents.
The Coast region, comprising the counties of Mombasa County, Kwale County, Kilifi County, Tana River County, Lamu County and Taita-Taveta County, has long been regarded as an opposition stronghold since the return of multiparty politics in 1992, with residents remaining largely loyal to Odinga.
