Ranguma assures residents of security as voting kicks off.

By DICKSON ODHIAMBO.

April 25, 2017.

Ranguma assures residents of security as voting kicks off.

KISUMU Governor Jack Ranguma has assured the residents of proper security during the ODM nomination exercise that kicked off this morning.

Ranguma says as a stakeholder in the security matters within the county, the security situation is the county is okay for the ODM nomination which is ongoing within the county.

Ranguma says the residents should come out in large numbers so as to vote during this ODM party primary.

He urged people should vote peacefully and wait for the outcome of the exercise.

The Governor who casted his vote at Kobura Primary School within Nyando Constituency said he will carry the day after the residents will have voted him as the ODM party Candidate.

He said the voting in some places within the county started late as by more than six hours than the time expected.

“I have realized that the voting exercise has delayed but things will be still alright,” Ranguma said.

Meanwhile, the ODM nomination exercise kicked off this morning with a number of polling stations in various constituencies within the county.

In Kisumu Central, the voting exercise kicked off as early as 8:00 am where at some polling stations like Aga Khan Hall, long queues of people have been witnessed so as to participate in the exercise.

At the Jomo Kenyatta Grounds Polling station, long queues have been witnessed but there was a problem of identifying names from the registers given both from the ODM and IEBC and this made the process to slow during the morning, however, it picked up well and the queues moved on as people trooped in to vote candidates of their choices.

In Nyando Constituency, voting exercise kicked off in some polling stations smoothly that included Karanda polling station within Ahero Ward where long queues were witnessed.

In Muhoroni constituency, anxiety gripped most polling stations after word went round  that the polling officials disappeared after abandoning voting materials in some places. However, voting took place in some few polling stations.

The issue of the County Tallying center remained a mystery after the County Returing Officer Tom Okong’o said they will brief the press later and by the time of going to press, it was not clear where the final tallying for the county will be done.

 

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