The battle to control the capital has begun with political parties aligning themselves and giving their lineup ahead of the nomination process.
The Kenya Kwanza Alliance has picked through a consensus meeting at Deputy President William Ruto’s official residence in Karen, Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja to vie for the governor’s position.
Bishop Margaret Wanjiru will be vying for the senator’s seat after agreeing to drop her bid in favour of the current senator of Nairobi county, Sakaja.
While the two were handed direct nomination tickets, Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga will get a chance to battle for the position of Woman Representative.
“Apart from the grassroots mobilisation, I have been campaigning for the position of Nairobi Governor for the last two years. I have put structures in place from the polling stations all the way to the county level…”
“Along the way, when we were building the Hustler Movement, we were joined by our brothers and sisters from Ford Kenya and ANC which became known as the Kenya Kwanza Coalition.
This meant that new structures had to be implemented and aspirants from all these parties have had to reconsider their aspirations.”
Wanjiru further asked her supporters to move on and work with her to clinch the senatorial seat.
“I know that this move has broken many hearts, but I want to encourage all my supporters to be strong and resilient,” she said.
In the recent past, Ruto has been overseeing consensus among aspirants in the Kenya Kwanza coalition in the issuing of tickets to avoid a fallout.
Earlier the DP had entered into a coalition agreement with National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi’s Democratic Party, hours before the midnight deadline for parties seeking to be in a coalition to declare so.
