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THE STANDARD Former UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi. [David Njaaga, Standard] A number of former leaders from Western and Nyanza regions, some who have been in the political cold for over a decade, are plotting a comeback in 2022 General Election. They are banking their hopes on the ongoing political realignments in the two regions and nationally. The politicians are angling to fill the seats to be left by governors who are serving their final terms. Such governors are Wycliffe Oparanya, (Kakamega), Sospeter Ojaamong (Busia), Cornel Rasanga (Siaya), James Ongwae (Kisii), Okoth Obado (Migori) and Cyprian Awiti (Homa Bay). Some of the leaders aiming to try their luck in next year s General Election have been coalescing around political kingpins. ....
Inside Coptic church prayer centre where mentally ill patients are healed through prayers 1 month ago Coptic Church founder Father John Pesa 1 talks to a chained mentally ill patient at his Mamboleo based church in Kisumu on January 30,2021. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] An eerie silence welcomes you to Coptic Holy Ghost Church along Kisumu-Kakamega road near Mamboleo. At least 60 people with different mental illnesses are within the church s compound. Serious cases are isolated and locked up in individual rooms. The people the pastor, Father John Pesa, thinks have mild cases are put in groups. Those who are recovering are allowed to wander around the compound, but with shackles on their feet. For the past six decades, he has handled thousands of such patients, and some, he says, are healed. ....
THE STANDARD Political clouds are gathering in Nyanza region as politicians who were swept aside by political tides in the 2013 and 2017 elections begin to build campaign war chests with an eye on the 2022 elections. They include former Raila Odinga’s allies who have been struggling to find a footing after they lost in elections. With less than two years to the next General Election, the politicians have started throwing their hats into the ring in what is set to shape the region’s political landscape. Some are using the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) drive as well as humanitarian needs of families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and other natural calamities to be visible again politically. ....