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Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho will now have a new battle following claims that he had influenced cheating and mischief in the ODM party primaries in Nyali constituency where his kin was declared winner.
Nyali parliamentary seat aspirant, journalist Mohammed Ali has said he has evidence showing the governor’s family members moving around the constituency as they bribed voters to avoid voting for him.
Speaking on Sunday during an interview on a local TV station Mr. Ali insisted that he was the winner and deserves being issued with the party ticket accusing the governor who serves the party as its deputy party leader of direct involvement in the nominations whose results he has disputed.
"The entire Joho family was walking around with cars, making sure that they are paying every single person to vote against me” said Ali.
He revealed that police had arrested people found with ballot papers pre-marked for his opponent and they were accessible to anyone who needed evidence on how flawed the exercise had been.
Mohammed Ali had quit his job to venture into politics on an ODM party ticket but has expressed frustration from the party as he could not secure the ticket. He refuted claims that he has personal differences with the governor saying they had differed and would not agree as a result of his influence and involvement in the primaries leading to what he termed as favouritism.