Murang’a Senatorial race complicated by Jubilee Party negotiations

The Mountain Journal

The Murang’a senatorial aspirants Prof Peter Kagwanja and former senator Kembi Gitura both in Jubilee Party are yet to agree on who should step down.

 In the board room meetings the two have remained steadfast  to declare their interest with none bricking his eye, in the powerful panel designed to negotiate on who will face UDA’s Joe Nyutu on August 9.

 Allies of Kembi have also indicated their candidate is the best placed  to articulate Murang’a county interests.

Photo/ Prof Peter Kagwanja.

Njoroge Wambui from Kandara says Kembi is best suited to handle Murang’a senatorial slot due to his expertise and capacity.

“ The former is the best placed  as in his first year he gave the county a pride for pushing the executive to do more in pertaining to the development,” said Njoroge.

Dr Samuel Kamau, an ally of Kagwanja says Kembi lacks the capacity to drive Murang’a agenda, based on his stay in the former state corporation.

Kamau said an organization has moved to court to challenge the Jubilee Party on why it cleared the former senator to run, while the same declined the application of Annie Ngirita of Nakuru county.

Photo/Kembi Gitura 

“ Kagwanja the academia is the best person to be bestowed with the responsibility  to play oversight in the county, as he has a lot to do to support the young ones,” said Kamau.

The academia, he added, has lined up more schoclarship  for the Murang'a people  where majority are back in the country working.

" There are plans  for construction of water dams  for the interest of increasing productivity in our farms," said Kamau.

 Others in the senatorial race are Dr Pius Kinuthia(ODM), Lucas Njoroge (Usawa Kwa Wote, and Stanley Karuri(Independent), Hellen Kigia(Farmers Party)

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