The Luo community in Mombasa has dumped the Incumbent Governor Hassan Joho and declared their support for Jubilee’s Gubernatorial aspirant Suleiman Shahbal.
Speaking during a Saturday meeting, Luo community Chair Joseph Obuya, pledged his support for Shahbal saying that he was the right person to lead the country.
"This time we are dumping Joho. We are now supporting you Shahbal. But if you turn out to be another Joho we will also dump you after five years," he stated.
He explained that their shift to Jubilee had been warranted by Joho’s betrayal of the community after they overwhelmingly supported him in the 2013 elections.
The Luo leader said that the community had no party affiliations and that they would support anyone who had the member’s interests.
“I am in all parties. I am in ODM, Wiper, VDP, Jubilee. I am the chair of all the Luos in Mombasa so I have no party,” he said.
Shahbal on his part attacked the National Super Alliance (NASA) flag-bearer Raila Odinga terming him as an unfit leader because he could not unite the Luo community.
He described the opposition leader as a user who was only interested in his own selfish gains.
"If Raila was a man who keeps his word, former ODM Pentagon members like DP William Ruto, Tourism CS Najib Balala, presidential candidate Joe Nyaga and former lands CS Charity Ngilu would not have dumped him," Shahbal explained.
He further referred to Raila as being outdated stating that though he was so good for the country when fighting for the second liberation, the country needed to move on.
