Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has expressed her confidence in President Uhuru Kenyatta-led Jubilee Party.
She says she believes the Party will still form the next government and sees herself playing a critical role in the populous Mt Kenya region to make this happen.
Ms Waiguru, the former Council of Governors vice chairperson, said the Mt Kenya region will have to ensure that it gets its rightful share of development in the next government, and that is what her role will be when President Kenyatta’s succession race starts in earnest.
“I see my role as making sure the 10 counties that make up the Mt Kenya region get their rightful place in the next government. We do not want a boardroom appointee to lead the region, but rather a person who is the choice of the people,” she was quoted by a local daily.
She however distanced herself from a group that says the region is not getting its share of development projects, saying those are views of a few people.
She said that inasmuch as there are policy issues that need to be dealt with to make sure the region is not disenfranchised, it is getting significant investments relative to constraints in the national budget.
She also noted that referendum is necessity because the presidency and counties have failed to tackle the issue on the need for proper representation.
“The referendum should resolve the national leadership issues. We thought that the presidential system would resolve the issues of representation but this has not happened. That is why there is need for expansion of space at the top to make people feel represented,” she said.