{"id":121308,"date":"2025-09-12T12:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/odm-to-hold-party-primaries-from-september-24-to-27\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T12:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:03:08","slug":"odm-to-hold-party-primaries-from-september-24-to-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/odm-to-hold-party-primaries-from-september-24-to-27\/","title":{"rendered":"ODM to hold party primaries from September 24 to 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 12 \u2013 The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) will hold party primaries from September 24 to 27 to determine candidates who will represent the party in the November 27 by-elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Elections Coordinating Committee (NECC) Chairperson Emily Awita assured all qualified contestants of a free and fair process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reiterate our commitment to offering the people of Kenya the very best in terms of representation, leadership, and governance,\u201d Awita said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NECC, vacancies arose in Ugunja and Kasipul constituencies as well as in several wards, including Chewani, Kisa East, Purko, Angata Nyanyokie, Narok Town, Lake Zone, Namaan, Ekerengo, Nyamaiya, Nyansiongo, and Kariobangi North.<\/p>\n<p>Awita confirmed that applications had been received for all these positions, except for Mumbuni Ward in Machakos County.<\/p>\n<p>She further noted that ODM had issued direct tickets to candidates in Magarini Constituency and Fafi Ward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Chewani, Kisa East, Purko, Angata Nyanyokie, and Namaan Wards, aspirants had no opponents. We have therefore gathered to present them with their certificates as unopposed ODM candidates,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming primaries will determine ODM\u2019s flagbearers in the contested seats, with the party promising a credible and transparent process as part of its preparations for the November by-elections.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 12 \u2013 The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) will hold party primaries from September 24 to 27 to determine candidates who will represent the party in the November 27 by-elections. National Elections Coordinating Committee (NECC) Chairperson Emily Awita assured all qualified contestants of a free and fair process. \u201cWe reiterate our commitment to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}