The ongoing ODM party membership recruitment drive is set to continue in the Coastal region today.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga will preside over the exercise at Makande Primary School in Mombasa.
Raila is on a week-long charm offensive of the region to revamp his outfit in preparations for the 2027 general election which will be accompanied by other bigwigs from the party.
ODM is also seeking to counter the growing wave of President William Ruto’s UDA party in the region which has been its traditional stronghold.
The mass recruitment exercise was launched in Nyanza last year and is set to culminate in grassroots elections in April.
On Friday, Raila who was in Taita Taveta appealed to the residents to turn in large numbers for today’s event.
“Wananchi, tunataka nyinyi nyote mkusanyike Makande primary school. Mimi nitakuja na vigogo vyote kusajili wanachama wa chama chetu cha ODM,” he said.
(We are appealing to all residents to converge at Makande Primary School in large numbers for the registration exercise. I will be accompanied by all top leaders from ODM)
On Monday, Raila held town hall meetings in Lamu and also participated in meet-the-people tours.
On Tuesday, he received several defectors from other parties to ODM.
The Azimio leader was in Kilifi on Wednesday.
Raila has also traversed Western Kenya where he has launched a similar exercise.
