The National Ordinary People Empowered Union (NOPEU) party has apologised after a campaign poster of their party leader on a road sign went viral causing uproar from Kenyans.
In a statement by the party Secretary General, Rodgers Kimpembe Mpuru, the party expressed regret over the poster stating that it was working to correct the anomaly.
Kimpembe's statement came after Kenyans queried why the former Tiagania East Member of Parliament, Mpuru Aburi's team put posters all over a road sign warning motorists of a bump.
"Why allow this to happen surely? Later on, motorists will meet the cops at the corner who will then ask them why they did not see the road sign," a social media user wondered.
"It is not correct. We will rectify this immediately. Our apologies," Kimpembe responded.
Further, a section of social media users petitioned the Kenya National Highways Authority to take action against the party with many stating that the blocking of the road sign could lead to accidents.
Aburi, who is currently serving among Kenya's representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), is seeking to recapture his seat through NOPEU, an affiliate party of Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition party.
In recent months since the beginning of the party nominations, various candidates have put posters on road signs amid calls for stiffer regulations by road agencies and IEBC.
In March, The Green Thinking Action Party (GTAP) through its party leader, Isaack Kalua, petitioned the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and KeNHA to formulate hefty fines against politicians whose posters were considered to have polluted the environment.
“As a party, we call upon IEBC to impose a fee for cleaning up the environment after the elections. This should be included in the fees paid to the commission by aspirants for various positions.
“Let us deal with issues of pollution during campaigns now, not tomorrow, not when it is too late. We cannot wait until when things are bad and we start overreacting,” stated Kalua.
At the height of 2017 campaigns, KeNHA warned politicians of a Ksh85,000 fine if their campaign posters were put on road signs or on road pillars.
