' Protests against the Mombasa port privatisation were quickly mobilised by Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir  who has had a close working relationship with the Kenya Kwanza regime despite being elected on Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket  and by trade unions...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	     Now it seems that Odinga wants to counter President Ruto's forays in the coastal region following the president's warm welcome by ODM-elected governors Abdulswamad Nassir (Mombasa) and Gideon Mung'aro (Kilifi) during his tour of Galana Kulalu  which was a project to boost local food production launched by the Jubilee government...
	 
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	     In Mombasa  meanwhile  Abdulswamad Nassir won the battle to succeed veteran Odinga ally Hassan Joho  defeating the United Democratic Alliance's (UDA) Hassan Omar by a narrower 119 083 to 98 105 margin  reflecting the Ruto camp's stronger than expected performance at the Coast...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The favourite to succeed Joho is ODM's Abdulswamad Nassir...