Am ready for a bruising battle; Governor Evans Kidero tells
DP William Ruto
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has dismissed Deputy President
William Ruto's intentions to win Nairobi Gubernatorial race and promises Jubilee
a bruising contest. Kidero assured Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD)
supporters that he would do all in his powers to ensure the opposition expands
its dominance of city politics and harvest the most votes for Raila Odinga
presidential bid. In response to Ruto's last week's outburst
about Jubilee taking Nairobi, the governor told DP to know that Nairobi has its
'owners' and he will be ready for a showdown against Jubilee come 2017.
"I will teach him a political lesson. I will ensure the
seat of the governor of Nairobi remains in Cord. Ruto should be told that he doesn't
understand anything about Nairobi politics," said Kidero.
Kidero was speaking at well attended voter sensitisation
rally at Kibra's Laini Saba
Grounds over the weekend. Ruto had during a service at
Presbyterian Church of East Africa in Dandora, Nairobi said the Jubilee Party
will ensure it clinches the Nairobi Governor seat as the county is the hub of
the national government. The Deputy President urged Nairobi leaders to be ready to make sure a Jubilee aspirant wins the seat in
the 2017 general election.
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"This time round we will ensure Nairobi county has a
Jubilee Governor. It is not possible for
the national government to be headed by Jubilee while the leading county is headed by
a governor from a different coalition," Ruto had said.
Already a Luhya caucus living in Nairobi at a meeting in
Kawangware resolved to support Jubilee's Dagoretti South MP Dennis Waweru for
the governor's seat on condition that he picks Nairobi politician Fwamba NC
Fwamba as running mate
The youthful Fwamba is a close ally of Water and Irrigation
CS Eugene Wamalwa. Wamalwa is expected to have a big say in the yet to be
formed Jubilee Party (JP) on whose ticket Waweru is expected to seek the nod to
lead Nairobi County in the 2017 gubernatorial
contest. It also emerged that if the deal works out, Luhyas
under the Jubilee Alliance will front candidates where they are majority on the
Jubilee ticket.
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