Nairobi leaders back Hon Stazo Omung’ala to be the Azimio Majority leader in Nairobi county assembly
Barely one week to the official openning of the Nairobi county assembly, several calls have been made to the Azimio party coalition to consider Upper Savanna MCA Stazo Omung’ala of ODM for the position of majority leader.
With the positions of speaker and deputy speaker seemingly gone to Hon Ken Ng’ondi the first deputy speaker under the late Hon Ole Magelo, and his deputy reserved for the mount Kenya based Jubilee party, Stazo who traces his roots from Kakamega county remains the sole candidate for the job.
Hon Stazo has had a long standing leadership journey right from his hey days as AFC leopards deputy Secretary general where he served for three years before switching to national politics .
Upon plunging into national politics, Stazo wrestled the Upper Savanna seat from the then ODM youth leader Hon Amutabi. This quickly earned him a space on the ODM national league table where he became part of the NEC.
Stazo’s loyalty and firmness in defence of Raila and party ideals is without doubt unquestionable. In the past years, Stazo has always been at the fore in aiding the party sell its candidates in various by elections eg in Kibra where Imran won, in Msambweni and Ganda at coast, in Matungu and recently in his home county of Kakamega where he joined other ODM luminaries in delivering a win for the ODM governor Fernandez Barasa.
As a token of reward for his unwavering support and immense contribution to the party, Stazo was among the few Nairobi ODM leaders awarded direct tickets to defend their seats. Ithers were, Babu Owino, George Aladwa,Beatrice Elachi, Antony Oluoch and Kajwang.
A shrewd politician and astute mobilizer, Stazo will be called upon to lead a batallion of ODM/Azimio MCAs in the assembly in setting up the development and legislative agenda for county 047.
On this side of the house Stazo will work with , ODM’s Alvin Olando won Kitisuru, Stephen Gitau (Parklands Highridge), Suleiman Malenya (Kangemi), Maurice Ochieng (Mountain View), Moses Ogeto (Kilimani), Kennedy Sakwa (Gatina), Robert Alai (Kileleshwa), Clarence Munga (Kabiro), Anthony Muthoni (Karen), Jared Akama (Mugumoini), Abbas Khalif (South C) and Rex Omolleh (Nairobi West).
Others are Kennedy Oyugi (Nyayo Highrise), Lawi Otieno (Sarangombe), Rosemary Shitote (Makina), Samson Ooko Jera (Lindi), Evans Nyangicha (Imara Daima), David Odhiambo (Dandora IV), Colins Omondi (Kayole South), David Magoba (Lower Savannah) and Ricardo Nyantika (Embakasi)
In Umoja II Shadrack Namuyu emerged the winner, Peter Imwatok won Makongeni, Ahmed Barbar (Eastleigh North), Nicholas Juma (Eastleigh South), Fuad Mohamed (Airbase) and Godfrey Majiwa (Babadogo).
Others are Abel Atito (Utalii), Oscar Otieno (Mathare North), Victor Ochola (Lucky Summer), Absolom Onyango (Korogocho), Wilfred Odalo (Mabatini), Peter Oluoch (Huruma) and Redson Otieno (Ngei)
“We are calling upon our ODM Mps from the Mulembe nation namely Senator Sifuna, Hon Aladwa of Makadara,Hon Wanyonyi of Westlands and Hon Elachi of Dagoretti North to prevail upon ODM and by extension Azimio to consider Hon Stazo for the post of majority leader. Stazo has proven that he is loyal and steadfast in pushing party ideals. Even when Sonko was buying off other ODM MCA’s Stazo stood firm” Former Nairobi Liquor board chairman Vincent Shimoli said.
The same sentiments were also echoed by several ODM elected MCA’s.
“We believe that Stazo will offer the much needed leadership in the county assembly. Having served with him in the last assembly, we have no doubt he will make an excellent majority leader”
said some of the elected MCAs who did not wish to be named so as not to be seen as pre empting issues.
“Our interest was to have Hon Tim Wanyonyi as governor, Azimio saw it wise to bring Igathe and we accepted. This time round, we hope Raila will reward us by having our youthful son Stazo become the majority leader. As a community we delivered 9 MCAs to ODM plus 4MPs in Nairobi, this calls for some sort of appreciation by way of having Stazo as majority leader” Mzee James Akwabi said
