It seems Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria never learns, and there is a saying about people who never learn. Or the controversial legislator just thrives on controversy. After all, we remember how he propelled himself to parliament, riding on the hatred that Mt. Kenya people had on Raila Odinga.
Kuria, who made it his job to insult Raila in every gathering has since made peace with the former Prime Minister and even visited Kisumu last year where he was welcomed like a prince.
Recently, the MP was branded a Mshenzi by President Uhuru Kenyatta for his cries that central Kenya has been sidelined by the Jubilee Party on matters development. The storm was so huge, that Kuria threatened to resign from his position.
Now that we have put that behind us, Kuria is back with another controversy that may rock Jubilee Party again. The MP has publicly declared support for the Wiper candidate in the upcoming Embakasi South by-elections
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.
This comes 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.
Thank you Jubilee Party. pic.twitter.com/2xi48T16FP
— The ODM Party (@TheODMparty) January 18, 2019
Mawathe will go against ODM’s Irshad Sumra, with Raila’s party already having warned its NASA affiliates – Wiper, ANC and Ford-Kenya – not to field candidates.