THESE ARE GUV BARASA'S MISTAKES
"Refusing to be manipulated like a puppet by his predicesor and cartels was his major undoing" IN the run up to the 2022 general elections, EX Governor Whyclife Oparanya who is deputy Party leader ODM, settled for FCPA Fernandes Barasa as his successor. The former would go on to throw his then Deputy Philip Kutima under the political bus to the chagrin of most Kabras( if how they voted that year is anything to go by). With a war chest to boot, FCPA Fernandes Barasa launched a massive campaign across Kakamega selling himself as a resource Manager and a trust worthy person who was "able to handle a huge budget in Ketracco" and that Kakamega's 17B was nothing to manage. Fast forward after winning, unbeknown to him, Governor Barasa started to chart his path as county boss allighning every of his move in tandem with his six piece agenda in the campaign. Like anybody else, Elections were over and behind us and what he was supposed to do was to deliver on