Homa Bay youths destroy Jubilee billboard, say region is ODM zone
A man walks past a burning Jubilee Party campaign banner on September 7, 2016 in Homa Bay town. PHOTO | MAURICE KALOUCH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Youths in Homa Bay town on Wednesday evening pulled down and burnt a Jubilee Party billboard, saying the region is an ODM zone.
Police who acted swiftly rescued two Magnate Venture employees who were putting up the banner from irate youths.
Mr Victor Mbakaya, one of the employees said that they never knew it had President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto’s images until when they opened it.
A Jubilee Party campaign banner that was destroyed by youths in Homa Bay town on September 7, 2016. PHOTO | MAURICE KALUOCH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The youths, on seeing the images, pulled the banner down and set it on fire before police dispersed them.
President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to preside over the national launch of the Jubilee Party at Safaricom Stadium-Kasarani at the weekend with about 10,000 delegates expected to attend.
However, Jubilee officials from the area have denied hiring the Magnate Ventures employees to erect the billboard in the town.
Homa bay County TNA coordinator Rosemary Rumo blamed the employees of Magnate ventures over the incident.
"As TNA and officials of Jubilee coalition, we have just arrived in Nairobi for a delegates’ meeting slated for Thursday. We were unaware of such bill boards," she said.
Ms Rumo who spoke on phone from Nairobi accused those behind the billboards of attempt to portray Luo Nyanza as an anti-Jubilee zone.
"As far as we are concerned, it is only after Saturday's National convention when the officials of the new party will be unveiled that we had arranged to start marketing the party in Homa Bay," she added.
