Dalmas Otieno

He joined the main opposition candidate in the 2007 presidential election Raila Odinga, successfully running for the Member of Parliament for Rongo.

Following a violence-marred election and post-poll crisis, Odinga was appointed prime minister in April 2008 in a power-sharing deal with Mwai Kibaki, serving as Supervisor and Coordinator of a national unity coalition government.

In 2014 Dalmas unsuccessfully tried to create his own political outfit named Kalausi meaning whirlwind to rival the ODM party as a quest to emancipate the people of South Nyanza This saw him break ranks with most officials and members of the ODM party from the Luo Nyanza region which eventually culminated in his loss to his nemesis Paul Abuor in the ODM primaries in 2017.

Dalmas also goes by the nickname Wuod Bade dongo and Tiga ngute bor due to his tall stature He was educated at Strathmore School.

[3] Mr Dalmas lost his son in 2008 after a helicopter landed on him in Canada.