Lenku, Nkedianye and Katoo step up vote hunt

Kajiado UDA governor aspirant Katoo ole Metito on Saturday said 90 per cent of candidates who left the party after the April nominations have returned.

Katoo, who spoke in Kimana near Loitokitok town bordering Tanzania, said after the nominations in April, all the disgruntled losing candidates threatened to quit the party.

“It became a scary issue and we had to leave everything else including the campaigns so we could negotiate with them to come back,” Katoo said.

He was addressing all the party nominees asking them to campaign vigorously for all the UDA candidates.

“During the nominations, it was everyone for himself, but now we are moving as members of UDA. Campaigning for all the candidates from the MCA to the presidency,” Katoo said.

Kajiado East MP Peris Tobiko did not attend because she was on official business in Mombasa.

While Katoo was in Kimana, former Kajiado Governor David Nkedianye was in the Entarara area at the home of Jubilee MCA nominee for Rombo, Abigael Sein.

Sein, the first nominated woman to be picked to vie for the MCA seat, was discussing her campaign and the occasion was attended by party senate nominee Moses Sakuda.

Others were MP Joseph Manje, Nkedianye’s running mate, woman representative nominee Simayiai Rakita and Kajiado South MP nominee Bishop John Sing’aru.

Nkedianye expressed confidence Jubilee will win many seats and urged the people of Kajiado to maintain peace.

“Kajiado is home to everyone living here, anyone causing trouble in this electioneering year should be reported to the police. We want a united Kajiado, everyone is yearning for peace,” Nkedianye said.

He said he is gaining the ground after he was out of the game for the last five years. 

“The people of Kajiado believe in me because I served them with diligence during my time,” Nkedianye said.

Governor Joseph Lenku took his campaign to Kajiado West and addressed several meetings in the Oloishobor area.

Lenku told his supporters to reelect him so that he could complete all the pending projects he initiated while in office.

“Let us walk together in this journey as I promise to do better than I did in my first term as governor,” Lenku said.

(Edited by V. Graham)