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It is becoming increasingly clear that Fidel Odinga will be a candidate in the 2012 parliamentary election in the Langata constituency. Situated in the suburbs of Nairobi, this is where his father, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, is currently the Member of Parliament. Indeed, the planned new draft constitution bans presidential candidates from also running for an MP's seat.

However, there is now no doubt whatsoever that Raila Odinga will run in the presidential election. So if the planned constitution is approved in its present state, he will have to relinquish his seat in parliament. In fact, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM, Raila Odinga's party) is preparing a major electoral offensive to try to win the eight MP seats in the capital, through the support of the large number of Luo (the dominant ethnic group in the ODM) living in Nairobi and its close suburbs. It now remains to persuade the Luo population to register to vote before 2012.

Source: Indian Ocean Newsletter

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