Football legend McDonald Mariga, Jubilee’s candidate for the upcoming Kibra by-election, on Monday, September 2, opened up about claims there was a secret hand behind his candidature.
The former Harambee Stars player came out to dismiss assertations that his candidacy in the Kibra by-election was being sponsored by Deputy President William Ruto.
He emphatically stated that his decision to run came after a lot of meditation and consultation with his family.
“That's my decision and I'm not being pushed by anyone. There is no influence. I decided, together with the family, that I try it,” Mariga stated.
Earlier reports had it that Mariga was the project of Deputy President William Ruto who would want to assert more influence on Nairobi politics.
The football star was among the candidates that faced Jubilee’s National Election Council at their offices in Pangani seeking to become the party’s flag bearer.
Besides Mariga, 15 other aspirants among them Morris Kinyanjui, Walter Trenk, Ibrahim Said, Doreen Wasike, Oscar Kambona, Bukachi Chapia, Jane Githaiga, Jack Owino, Elli Rajab and Daniel Aden were interviewed.
Others were Daniel Orogo, Ramadhan Hussein, Frank Amollo, Timothy Kaimenyi and Geoffrey Mwangu.
The by-elections slated for November 7, will pit Mariga against ANC’s Eliud Owalo, Ford Kenya’s Khamisi Butichi and an ODM candidate that is yet to be announced.
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