Election petitions in Kenya has sent some voters back to the ballot again and as expected politicians have started giving their best drama to clench the new vacant seat.Political alliance is being tested as the players in the game pick a team.
In latest developments,upcoming Embakasi South by elections is already witnessing heavy dust in the air interms of political loyalty with Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria leading the controversy.
On Tuesday, Kuria posted on Facebook that he was throwing his weight behind Wiper candidate Musili Mawathe “in the spirit of the handshake and the Building Bridges Initiative”.
“…myself and like-minded leaders, in our individual capacities, have today resolved to support Mawathe to retain his seat,” Kuria said on Tuesday.
He was accompanied by MPs Charles Njagua (Starehe), George Theuri (Embakasi West), Simon Mbugua (EALA), Makali Mulu (Kitui Central) and former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama.
Kuria’s new move of publicly declaring his support for the wiper candidate will most likely create a new storm in his Jubilee party.
This has come just days after Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju said that in the spirit of the handshake, the ruling party would not field candidates in Embakasi South and Ugenya.
Tuju’s statement was interpreted in various circles to mean the President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party was giving Raila Odinga’s ODM a smooth ride at the by-elections.
Do you think rebellious Kuria will be controlled or they will allow the child freedom of decision in the elections?