Kidero lays out plans for elaborate UDA recruitment in Nyanza

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has kicked out an elaborate recruitment plan to sell the United Democratic Alliance party in Nyanza region.

This is in his quest and that of other leaders’ plan to dislodge the dominance of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party from its traditional base of Luo Nyanza.

Speaking after his election as a delegate in the mainstream Homabay County Branch the former governor accompanied by former Rangwe MP Martin Ogindo said vigorous recruitment drives will be the only way for UDA to grow its numbers in the region.

The duo said that their strategy will be to target other parties’ dissolution members who are in search of a party that can champion their interests and aspirations.

Ogindo was also elected as a delegate in the ongoing party polls while former Nairobi County Member of the County Assembly Kennedy Obuya was chosen as the new

Homabay branch chairman. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s private aide Silas Jakakimba was elected as the branch secretary. Other delegates elected Mark Matunga, Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Authority (LVSWWDA), chairman Odoyo Owidi, Jacqueline Omiti, Millicent Akoth and Margret Ochanda.

After the grassroots polls the officials now train their eyes on the 2027 general election.

They said they were targeting to register at least 500,000 new voters before 2027 General Elections. The leaders agreed to work closely with the newly elected UDA officials to recruit as many members as possible ahead of the 2027 election.

Jakakimba and Obuya said that the party plans to roll out political rallies across the county to popularize and senthise the public on the policies and ideology of the ruling party. “Many of our members are those who have never been members of any political party before but who see that it is UDA gaining momentum in the region as the alternative political party,’’ said Obuya.

Jakakimba hailed UDA supporters who came out to take part in the exercise, saying it was a sign that the larger Nyanza region was embracing President William Ruto’s party and that democracy was taking root in the opposition bedrock.

When he joined the UDA party on March 26, Jakakimba said he aimed to team up with “the many Nyanza people who are now increasingly ready to mobilise, popularise and even contest for elections on the UDA platform.”

“Joining UDA confirms my belief that the party is a national party with a national constituency and an even brighter future in the path of grounding and consolidating democratic gains in our years-old quest for good governance in the Joint Republic,” he said.