ON
THE BATTLE FOR THE NAIROBI GURBENATORIAL 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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