ON THE BATTLE FOR THE
NAIROBI GUBERNATORIAL SEAT
Nairobi being the focal
point of all the county politics, the only county with the most number of aspirants.
The problem is that Nairobi is like a hot cake, everyone wants to have a bite, and
it’s yummy but too hot for the mouth. Save for swallowing
The entrance of water
and sanitation cabinet secretary Eugene Wamalwa is a well calculated political
move by the Jubilee power brokers. Apparently the largest community in Nairobi
or is it in Kibira- the Luyha community- are being positioned in the Jubilee
frying pot. It is funny that the ODM political rebels united clandestinely with
their stray Jubilee counterparts are being made a false promise of capturing
the Nairobi gubernatorial seat.
The Jubilee camp alone
is full of spirants eying the same position from, Johnson Sakaja, to Margaret
Wanjiru to Mike Sonko Mbuvi to Dennis waweru, Anne Waiguru, just to mention but
a few . It is almost impossible that Eugene Wamalwa can be handed over, on a
silver platter, this post despite opting to dissolve his party prematurely to
impress and perhaps endear himself to the Jubilee power brokers.
The sad truth is that
the Luyha community has no portion of the Jubilee cake, may be the biblical under
table crumbles that Lazarus ate happily. The endorsement of water minister as
the preferred jubilee contestant for Nairobi governorship is a political
gimmick, ostensibly meant to hoodwink Luyha voters to voting for President
Uhuru Kenyatta. And has nothing to do with Eugene’s ambitions, ethnic
inclusivity or building a party with a nationwide outlook and structure.
Unfortunately Nirobians are no longer fools to be carried as fools.
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