• Sakaja he is not happy that the name of the DP has to be dragged into the issue of the UDA party leadership.
• The Governor said that there is no reason, at all, for him and the Gachagua to be fighting.
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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has refuted claims of a supremacy battle between him and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, over the leadership of the UDA party in Nairobi County.
Speaking on Thursday, Sakaja said he is not happy that the name of the DP has to be dragged into the issue of the UDA party leadership.
The Governor said that there was no reason, at all, for him and the Gachagua to be fighting.
He insisted that he respects the DP and that he (DP) is his senior in most aspects of life as well as politics.
"We have to sit down and agree on how to strengthen the party. I am not happy that people are bringing in the deputy president on the issue of UDA leadership in Nairobi. That we are fighting, what are we fighting for? I don't want to be deputy president and I don't think he wants to be governor of Nairobi.
"I respect him, he is older than me, and he is my senior politically and in terms of position. I have never talked ill about anyone, including those who always insult me," Sakaja said on Inooro TV.
There has been talk of a possible split between members of the ruling UDA party over who should be the party's next chairperson in the County of Nairobi.
The claims say that while Sakaja has declared interest in becoming chairman, Embakasi North MP James Gakuya has the backing of the Deputy President.
Sakaja announced his candidature for the UDA chairmanship last week.
Speaking on Friday during a meeting with members of the County Assembly allied to the UDA party, Sakaja said he is firmly in the race to lead party members in the county.
"I want you to get this from the horse's mouth; I'm vying for the Nairobi chairmanship position in United Democratic Alliance party," Sakaja said.
The meeting with MCAs came ahead of the grassroots elections scheduled to begin on Friday.