Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho on Sunday led a cabal of Muslim politicians in drumming up support for ODM leader Raila Odinga’s 2022 presidential bid.
Joho asked the people of Kitui to rally behind their Governor Charity Ngilu and support Raila to become the 5th president of Kenya in 2022. He announced that he had shelved his presidential quest until 2027.
“I will not seek the presidency in 2022 to allow Raila Odinga to become the president and prepare the ground for me to take over after him in 2027. Raila is the most ideal candidate to be president next year so that he will put things in order in this country. It will then be easy for me when I take over from him in 2027,” said Joho.
He spoke when he attended two functions in Kitui town on Sunday. He earlier attended the commissioning of the refurbished Kitui Masjid Noor Mosque that was rehabilitated and made spacious with a Sh 50 million sponsorship by the Mombasa based Bajaber Family Foundation.
Later, he also graced a funds raiser for upgrading of the Kitui town St. Martin’s ACK church building.
The Mombasa governor who was hosted by his Kitui counterpart, Charity Ngilu and Kitui Central MP Makali Mulu, was in company of Jomvu MP Badi Twalib, Garissa Senator Abdulkadir Haji and Mombasa businessman and gubernatorial hopeful Suleiman Shahbal.
