Former police spokesperson Charles Owino ( Photo Courtesy)
After four decades of total political dominance, the curtains are slowly by slowly falling on Azimio la Umoja coalition leader Raila Odinga in the murky world of politics.
For the man who has seen it all during his checkered political career, his exit from the game is already a work in progress as he battles for the powerful continental position.
The former Prime Minister has been fronted by President William Ruto to succeed Chadian Mahamat Faki as the African Union Commission Chairperson position.
The ODM chief has already begun to campaign for the position which will mark the end of the road for him in the local political scene.
I' Nyanza where Raila has been the undisputed kingpin for the last three decades, the race to takeover the mantle from him could be about to gain momentum.
Just recently, Raila's spouse Ida Odinga appeared to endorse Nominated MP and ODM party national chairman John Mbadi for the position of Nyanza regional kingpin. But the soft endorsement elicited mixed reactions with many dismissing the former Prime Minister's wife.
But amid all this, Siaya County Governor James Orengo and his Kisumu counterpart Prof. Peter Anyang' Nyong'o are seen as the front runners to succeed Raila.
Former police spokesperson Charles Owino in a past function ( Photo Courtesy)
But former police spokesperson Charles Owino is emerging as another powerful force that you cannot just write off in Nyanza's new political developments.
Though he is a newcomer in the game, but the former powerful cop is now graduated into a formidable force in the region.
Considered one of the closest allies of President William Ruto, Owino who is currently serving as the board chairperson of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication, can pull a shocker and give Nyanza heavyweights a run for their money. And before you realize, he would have fitted into Raila's big shoes.
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