I've come with intelligence on Jubilee, Onyango Oloo tells ODM

Former secretary general of the defunct TNA Onyango Oloo when he joined ODM in Kisumu on Wednesday. [Photo: Collins Oduor/standard]

Onyango Oloo, who has been President Uhuru Kenyatta's point-man in Nyanza, joined ODM Wednesday with a promise to help party leader Raila Odinga win the coming elections.

Mr Oloo, who was the secretary general of the defunct The National Alliance Party (TNA), which Uhuru used to get to power in 2013, said he would reveal Jubilee's secrets which he said will boost Raila's State House bid.

He sensationally claimed President Kenyatta did not win the 2013 General Election but rigged his way to power even as Raila received him in Kisumu.

"It was very easy to steal votes in areas where ODM was not active," Oloo said as he joined the party he discredited for many years.

Oloo said he felt betrayed by the Government he described as 'a den of thieves and ethnic chauvinists'.

Even though his move to ODM has been dismissed as inconsequential as TNA, whose secretariat he headed, no longer exists and Raila already commands the support of Nyanza where he hails from, Oloo insisted he did not come empty-handed.

He told Raila he had gathered 'enough intelligence' during his time in TNA as well as Jubilee Party, which would help the Opposition chief clinch power.

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Oloo referred to himself as the Biblical prodigal son who had run away from home but later returned and was received by the father.

"I have every detail on how Uhuru took power and their plans to retain power this year. I know everything that went wrong for Raila in 2013, he would be president today," Oloo said.

A section of ODM supporters, unhappy with Oloo's move to join the party, attempted to block him from accessing the podium at Jomo Kenyatta Sports ground where Raila was addressing a rally.

Raila had to pause his speech and intervene for Oloo to be allowed on the dais.

"I am in ODM to stay. The passion I used to send Raila to the Opposition in 2013 is the same passion I will use to send Uhuru to the same opposition," said Oloo.

While receiving him to the party, Raila said: "Oloo had gone to the side of our enemies but has seen the light. I urge others to follow suit as the door is still open."

Before meeting Raila, Oloo met over 50 former TNA officials from Kisumu, Siaya, Migori, Homa Bay, Baringo and Kakamega counties where they all declared they will throw their weight behind Raila ahead of the August 8 elections.

The former officials accused President Kenyatta's team of 'conmanship' by pushing out TNA's founding and branch officials during the formation of Jubilee Party.

Oloo singled out Deputy President William Ruto who he said was the reason former TNA officials from 28 other counties were on their way to ODM.

He said he regretted approving the merger that saw TNA, Ruto's United Republican Party (URP) and a host of other smaller parties, a move he said had caused more harm than good for Uhuru in his re-election bid.

Oloo said most of the ills in the Jubilee government, including massive corruption, originated from the DP's side.

"You can do business with a witch or a thief and come out clean, but the moment you marry a witch or a thief, you also become one," said Oloo.

Other than Oloo, former TNA chairman Johnson Sakaja, a key man in President Kenyatta's election, was also left out in the new Jubilee line-up.