Samwel Tunai, the governor of Narok, has formally left Jubilee and joined Deputy President William Ruto’s UDA party, announcing his intention to run for a Senate seat.
After negotiating a deal to field Patrick ole Ntutu to succeed Tunai, the governor’s admission into the DP’s Kenya Kwanza camp completed the UDA strategy to lock Narok county.
Tunai said on Friday that he will rouse Narok voters to give UDA all six elective seats, warning rivals, Azimio, to prepare for a tremendous battle.
The governor, who has served two terms, has announced his intention to move to the Senate, setting the stage for a fierce fight with Ledama Ole Kina.
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Ole Kina has been advocating for Raila Odinga’s Azimio La Umoja in the Maa country and is a crucial pillar of the ODM party.
Elsewhere, Urbanus Ngengele has defected to the Azimio la Umoja movement from the United Democratic Alliance.
He stated that he will run for the Machakos senatorial seat on behalf of the Azimio movement.
Ngengele ran for the Machakos senator seat on the UDA party ticket in the March 18, 2021 by-election, but lost to Wiper’s Agnes Kavindu.
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He had previously run for office on the same party, UDA, only to abandon the outfit on Friday.
“After having consultative meetings with my supporters and people of Machakos County, it has become apparent that the Kamba Nation is no longer interested in being the opposition. It is high time, as a community moved together to the next government after suffering for over ten years in the opposition,” Ngengele said.
He said he made the decision after consultative talks with Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, governors Alfred Mutua (Machakos), Charity Ngilu (Kitui) and Makueni’s Kivutha Kibwana.
“There comes a time when a community is greater than an individual and that’s why today after consultations with the Ukambani leadership, I want to declare that I have shifted to Azimio la Umoja movement,” he said.
“From today, we are here and we will push together as Kambas so that we are in the next government for the public good.”
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