{"id":125501,"date":"2025-11-28T06:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/odm-retains-ugunja-seat-as-moses-omondi-declared-mp-elect\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:08:59","slug":"odm-retains-ugunja-seat-as-moses-omondi-declared-mp-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/odm-retains-ugunja-seat-as-moses-omondi-declared-mp-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"ODM Retains Ugunja Seat as Moses Omondi Declared MP-Elect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UGUNJA, Kenya, Nov 28 \u2013 Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate Moses Omondi has been declared the winner of the Ugunja parliamentary by-election after garnering 9,237 votes, securing a decisive lead over his competitors to become the new MP-elect.<\/p>\n<p>The result reaffirms ODM\u2019s dominance in the region, with Omondi now set to succeed former area MP Opiyo Wandayi, who exited the seat following his appointment to the Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Omondi, in his victory message, thanked residents for turning out to vote and pledged to honour their confidence by prioritising development, youth empowerment, and service delivery. <\/p>\n<p>He further extended an olive branch to his competitors, urging unity and collaboration for the benefit of the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The by-election recorded relatively low voter turnout, a trend analysts attribute to voter fatigue and limited mobilisation compared to general election periods. <\/p>\n<p>Even so, political observers say the outcome strengthens ODM\u2019s grassroots presence in Siaya ahead of future electoral contests.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Moses Omondi now takes over legislative and oversight responsibilities in Parliament, as Ugunja residents await his delivery on pledges made during the campaign trail.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UGUNJA, Kenya, Nov 28 \u2013 Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate Moses Omondi has been declared the winner of the Ugunja parliamentary by-election after garnering 9,237 votes, securing a decisive lead over his competitors to become the new MP-elect. The result reaffirms ODM\u2019s dominance in the region, with Omondi now set to succeed former area MP [&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-125501","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\/125501","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=125501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}