This archive report was first published on 20 September 2019.
Published on September 20, 2019, a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta endorsed footballer Oburu Odinga's cousin, Mariga, to contest for the Kibra parliamentary seat on the Jubilee ticket, a number of Jubilee legislators have pledged to support ODM candidate Imran Okoth.
Among those who have vowed not to campaign for Mariga is Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria. In a move that suggests the divisions in the ruling party over the by-election are far from over, Jubilee Nominated MP Maina Kamanda has revealed that many more MPs from his party are willing to support Imran in the spirit of Uhuru and Raila's handshake.
Speaking at Capitol Hill, Kamanda said, 'You will see other MPs come out to support Imran because of the peace we have witnessed as a country. I am here as a person, not representing anybody,' he stressed, adding that his support was a show of appreciation for the easing of tensions due to the truce between Uhuru and Raila.
Although he reiterated that he was supporting the Orange party candidate out of his own volition, Kamanda claimed more MPs were quietly backing Imran, who is a brother of the late Kibra MP Ken Okoth.
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