Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has said that ODM leader Raila Odinga is the equivalent of the anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela in Kenya.
Speaking on Friday at the Azimio la Umoja convention held in Kasarani, Ngilu said Raila has always fought for the rights of Kenyans and a better lives.
"In 2007, Mheshimiwa Raila Odinga, I told you, you were the Mandela of Kenya and you have continued to do so. As soon as we had problems in 2008, you were the first to say Kenya is important and the people of Kenya are more important," she said.
Ngilu stated that in 2018, Raila did the same when he went for the handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta to bring peace in the country.
The governor said that Kenya will only be in safe hands with Raila as the fifth president.
"We, the women of Kenya will go out there nd support you," Ngilu said.
Jubilee party vice chairman David Murathe who also spoke at the convention declared ‘Raila Tosha’, saying that the people of the mountain are now embarking on a journey to reverse the 'lies we peddled' against the ODM boss in previous elections.
While taking a swipe at Deputy President William Ruto, Murathe said Raila is the most qualified person, adding that his allies will stop at nothing to ensure he becomes the country’s fifth president.
“I was the first person in 2014 to tell the people to prepare for Raila Amollo Odinga to be the fifth President of Kenya,” he said.
“We, the people you are seeing here, we went to Central with lots of lies and propaganda. We will go back there and unlock the propaganda.”
