[quote=TAZ]@ Mc Reggae and Impunity wacheni kelele hata UK had huge crowds in Kisii and Mombasa both of which are ODM strongholds. Here's RAO's rally in Nyeri...he did attract quite a crowd

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true but here is a fundamental difference learnt by missionaries btn westerners and mountainers

In Kakameka for example, an evangelist would be told to be very careful and not cheat himself that a long conversation and polite nodes from locals to his/her preaching meant consent..
the guy would "invite customers at his shop to listen to your good word / explain how hes wanted to quit drinking/ say how even the cow hes now feeding is all a blessing"
rarely shall you get a straight NO! from those guys

In the mountain regions.. if a guy doesn't want to listen to you..They tell you straight in your face..
"sina time yako.. sitaki kuokoka' ahsante sana.. now can you please excuse me.. you are blocking my customers/ making me feel guilty of my drinking/ my cow is hungry and i need to give it this thaara like now"

dont equate the crowds to votes..
and i also dont mean all the turn out in Meru is an indication of RAO making inroads.. just that hes bound to get a little fraction more votes, than UK in Kisii or Kakamega, judging by crowd turn out

Kipipiri, Nyandarua, in 1994.

MP Laban Muchemi is dead. By elections follow.

KANU fronts Christopher Njiriri alias Joe Maina. DP has Mwangi Githiomi.

Moi holds a rally there in the last weekend before the polls. A mammoth rally it was(by all standards not just KBC).

The crowds answer in the affirmative when asked if they will vote for Joe Maina. And Moi and his team go on making grand promises how they will develop Kipipiri.

The results after the polls: Maina(KANU) circa 4,000, Githiomi(DP) circa 11,000 votes.

So embarrassing was it for MO1 that they had to remove electricity poles erected before the elections!

Crowds!

If CORD loses, I will blame them for not milking that all-too-important issue of sanctions.

Tell the voters that they wont sell their tea and coffee outside Kenya and you will squeeze out some following from your opponent's strongholds!

CORD is also assuming Mutahi's tyranny is 100% true. They are, therefore buying into the idea that Kiambu county has 860,000 native votes while the rest of central has around 200,000 to 450,000 votes.

My thinking is that it would be easier(and more beneficial) to get 10% in urbanised Kiambu than in Nyeri where they are fond of holding meetings in halls.

As you put it, if the crowds there translated to the 35% of Meru vote, it would be a steal for CORD in this region, ama what do u think. Nobody expects an outright win here for CORD

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