Blow to Ongeri as his running mate ditches him, joins UDA
DAP-K party Kisii Governor candidate Prof Sam Ongeri has been dealt a blow after his running mate Josiah Maaga abandoned him and support his opponent.
Ongeri was attending a Gusii Leaders meeting with president Uhuru Kenyatta at Kisii State Lodge Wednesday when Maaga ditched him for UDA candidate Ezekiel Machogu.
The ‘defection’ becomes the second to hit a governor candidate in Kisii in less than two months.
Maaga cites he was implored to defect by Bomachoge elders.
He said he had been “recalled by the elders” who had forwarded him to deputize Ongeri.
