Nairobi –ย A former right hand man to CORD leader Raila Odinga has jumped ship to the Jubilee Coalition.
Franklin Bett, a chief part of the Orange Democratic Movement ODM in recent times as well as a former Roads Minister will contest the Kericho Senate seat on a Jubilee Party ticket.
Bett, a close friend of Raila’s had initially retired from active politics but has announced he will seek to replace Charles Keter who has moved on to the Cabinet.
” I will seek election as Kericho Senator in the upcoming by election as I feel I have alot to offer the people of Kericho,” he said in a press statement.
His close aides did state though that he will go the Jubilee way.
” He will use the Jubilee ticket. Using ODM or CORD in the Rift Valley would be suicidal,” an aide stated.
Bett will contest for the seat together with the likes of former Health Minister Philip Sang, former ODM Executive Director Magerer Langat and Former Standard Group CEO Paul Melly.
Source-kenya.news24.com
