ODM and Ford Kenya officials in Migori have urged NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga to shun campaigns for a six-piece vote.
Philip Makabong'o (ODM) and Samuel Migore (Ford-K) said voters should not be influenced into electing any candidate on August 8.
They said that after the bungled primaries, voters will consider individual candidates, not party affiliations.
"We have differed with Raila and other NASA co-principals over the six-piece voting pattern," Migore told journalists in Migori on Wednesday.
This followed calls by the ODM leader for the people to vote for the party's candidates for all the contested seats.
While in Kisumu last Sunday, Raila urged residents to ignore independent and vote for ODM candidates vying for president, governor, senator, woman representative, MP and MCA seats.
His observation was that parties need numerical strength crucial for legislation in the Senate and National Assembly.
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But the Migori officials warned that restricting citizens to backing particular parties will result in voter apathy.
Migore said they will work together to win the presidency by that
for the sake of unity, other seats will be decided locally.
He said NASA will get votes in Migori, an opposition zone, if independent candidates are allowed to freely take part in the poll.
"NASA principals should stand with independent candidates. Otherwise, they will lose presidential votes as most have voting blocs."
Makabong’o said parties under the coalition were to blame for the bungled nominations and should never cast out independents.
"Migori, unlike other Luo Nyanza counties, is cosmopolitan. This makes it impossible to push for six-piece voting," he said.
Makabong’o and county ODM youth leader Eric Opany are supporting former Rongo MP Ochilo Ayako (independent).
Ayako will facing off with Governor Okoth Obado who won the ODM ticket in the .
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