Thursday, October 27, 2005

POLITICS: SAGAM SAYS 'NO'

Attempts by Information Minister Raphael Tuju to campaign for a Yes vote in Nyanza were disrupted for the fourth day when he ran into a hostile crowd near Kisumu.....

While the noted article depicts the events in Rabuor, Nyondo, there was also word of similar events that occured in Sagam Village on October 26th. Minister Tuju arrived at Sagam Primary School on Wednesday via helicopter and was met with hostility by the residents of Sagam. Just like their counterparts in Rabuor, the people of Sagam and the neighbouring region support the Orange camp ('No' vote)in regards to the Constitutional referendum. An opinion poll released last week put the 'No' camp 10 percentage points ahead of the 'Yes' camp in the run-up to the November 21 vote.