Nairobi governor aspirant Peter Kenneth will officially kick off grassroot campaigns starting Monday.
He has said he is not seeking consensus over his candidature and is ready to face off opponents in the Jubilee nominations.
"We are asking the party to start preparing to have every jubilee aspirant in the nomination because we cannot seat and be insulted by people who have no idea what they even stand for," he said on Wednesday.
He was speaking at a meeting with more than 500 aspirants. Kenneth was accompanied by Linnete Mirehane who is said to be his running mate.
"As we start this journey we will seat together, all aspirants and incumbents equally so that we walk together and rescue Nairobi from the drains," he said.
He said he will not stoop to exchanging insults with rivals and other politicians ahead of the August 8 polls.
"People are insulting me hoping that I will retaliate, but I am sorry to disappoint them as I was well-trained to know that people will tell the difference between myself and others by what we speak," he said.
"I am only interested in discussing issues and agendas and not discussing who looks whatever way and we have no apologies to make to anyone," Kenneth added.
He said his first agenda if elected governor will be to decentralise all services from City Hall to all the constituencies.
"We know there are cartels that are fleecing our coffers in the city but we will deal with this once the [current] governor is out of office," he said.
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On her part, Mirehane said she will accompany Kenneth to ensure they "save Nairobi from poor leadership".
Starehe MP Maina Kamanda asked aspirants to lead in vote hunting to ensure no votes are lost after the nominations.
"As we are about to kick off campaigns, I urge all incumbents and aspirants to ensure that even after losing in the primaries they all stick in Jubilee to ensure that President Uhuru Kenyatta gets votes in August," he said.
He further urged them to maintain peace as they seek for votes.
"It's a shame that some leaders who are challenging us have resulted to insults but the good thing is that we will not bend to their level because we are mature and know that votes are earned peacefully, "Kamanda added.
Mathare MP Steven Kariuki asked Nairobi residents to ensure there is good leadership.
"We urge all voters to ensure they show up in the nominations as we hit the ground to seek a better future in the city," he said.
Nominated MP Sonia Birdi who will be vying for the Westlands constituency seat said Jubilee will take all the seats in Nairobi county.
Nairobi county minority leader Abdi Guyo said Kenneth is exercising his democratic right to seek for the governor post in Nairobi.
"All MCA's who were elected in Nairobi under TNA have all shown support to Peter Kenneth and so anyone else trying to prove their popularity should see where the numbers are," he said.
Guyo told off Senator Mike Sonko, saying there will be no consensus ahead of Jubilee polls.
"Senator Sonko has been saying he is very popular; I am challenging him to seek election as an independent candidate and see how far he goes. Jubilee is the party to be in and nobody can prove he is better than the President's party which we will all seeker section under," he said.