This archive report was first published on 9 October 2019.
Gospel singer Eko Dydda has found himself in hot water after endorsing McDonald Mariga for the Kibra parliamentary seat.
On October 9, 2019, Eko Dydda shared a video of Mariga wishing Harambee Stars all the best in AFCON and captioned it with a statement that did not sit well with a section of Kibra residents.
"I think voting for Mariga would be the best thing juu watu Kama hawa hatuwapeagi kura then tunabaki kuzusha oooh gava hai support talents, but we are the ones who vote in people with no zeal about the youth with talents or the potential in young people. Afadhali kujaribu then tuone kazi," Eko Dydda said.
However, his endorsement did not go down well with Kibra residents, who took to social media to express their disappointment and frustration.
"Etoo ako na football academy Laikipia, Baloteli ako nayo malindi, Van Persie kisumu, Mariga ata a single project ya kusaidia youths hapa nai hakuna yy mwenyewe hajui Kibra iko aje or what their needs," selector_jevado wrote.
"We have an artiste in parliament Na bado ulipewa 2500 Na mcsk…. So unadai tuendelee Na experiment??" jnrgowi asked.
"Stick to music siasa achia wanasiasa,Kenya is doing all it can to remove youths from gambling and the best the so called Mariga could do is to be brand ambassador of BETIN…what a confused generation," mcoluochrobert said.
"Jicho pevu guy, Jaguar lmao were supposed to be the kind of young revolutionary leaders you are talking about, what are they doing now to “support talents” and what will prevent a retired relatively failed footballer used to a decent salary who now needs to maintain his lifestyle from turning out like all the greedy incompetent old leaders Kenya has," brayano.k wrote.
"Mtu kukuwa na talent ya kitu haimaanishi anaweza kuwa a good leader,, this guy has no quality of leadership I think," honourable_dacosta said.
