Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale confers with United Democratic Party leader Cyrus Jirongo (right) during a fundraiser for boda boda riders from Mumias East, Matungu, and Mumias West at Boma Grounds in Kakamega County on November 15, 2015. Khalwale told residents that the time had come for the region to have a political kingpin who could seek support from other communities to enable the region to produce national leadership in 2017. Jirongo said he was ready, if given support, to reach out to other communities willing to back his bid for the presidency in 2017 for the sake of good leadership.