Nominated MP Sabina Chege has told off critics blasting her for dumping Azimio asserting that had she joined UDA, she would have been an elected leader.
The politician, a key linchpin in the opposition chief Raila Odinga's Azimio campaigns, said she paid the price for opposing President William Ruto in the last polls.
The Jubilee nominated MP has come under scathing attacks from Azimio big guns who have accused her of betrayal after she crossed over to work with Ruto's Kenya Kwanza government.
But speaking on Inooro TV on Sunday night, Sabina said she has no apologies to make for deciding to work with the government, saying many politicians lost their seats for going against Ruto.
"It hurts when people call us sellouts, if I had gone to UDA, I would have gotten a very big seat. Today, I would be an elected leader, and even if I would not have won, you have seen how this party has rewarded its supporters,” she said.
The nominated MP revealed that she had been offered the position of Nairobi Deputy Governor in the last election but decided to turn that down to support retired President Uhuru Kenyatta.
"I had the offer to be Nairobi Deputy Governor but I left that to ensure that our leader (Uhuru) would finish his tenure properly and did not exit in shame," Sabina said.
Affirming that her loyalty to Azimio in the last polls cannot be questionable, Sabina said had she decided to have other interests, she would have easily won a seat on Ruto's UDA party.
"I was in the hospital for 13 days after contracting Malaria in Luo Nyanza, people were saying I was pretending," Sabina said
"I was even summoned by IEBC and went through a lot of tribulations, so no one can threaten me because of a seat, I worked for it."
She dismissed claims that those who went to the State House were not doing so for monetary gains.
"So it is not right to say that I was invited to State House for a handout of Sh50,000, or Sh100,000, that money is not even enough for my daily needs which are so many. Sh50,000 or Sh100,000 cannot make me change my stand," she said.
