Leaders in Jubilee settle on contender to defeat Governor Kidero

Nairobi Jubilee governorship aspirants allied to Senator Mike Sonko have said they have a line-up and will soon name their flag-bearer to take on Cord’s Evans Kidero.

Speaking during a church service at Roysambu in Nairobi, Dagoretti South MP Dennis Waweru said "Team Nairobi", the group's name, is united and has already agreed on the person who will face Dr Kidero.

“We have a line-up and we will reveal it at the right time. We are united and we will go to the polls as a team,” said Mr Waweru.

Mr Waweru, in an apparent swipe at Peter Kenneth, said the team is not interested in boardroom politics but instead is focused on winning the confidence of the people to decide who will fly the Jubilee’s ticket.

“We are going to come up with one strong candidate. Let him join us if he wants to be part of this government. We do not want divisive politics,” he said.

For his part, Senator Sonko urged the aspirants to leave residents to decide the Jubilee candidate for the Nairobi governorship.

“I believe it is the residents and not the members of Parliament who will decide who the Nairobi governor will be,” said Mr Sonko.

Nominated MP Johnson Sakaja called for unity even as the aspirants tussle among themselves, saying those who are trying to divide them will fail.

“We are the ones who started The National Alliance (TNA) and those trying to divide us on the basis of tribes should stop daydreaming,” said Mr Sakaja.

Former Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru added that Nairobi politics should not be based on tribes as the capital city is cosmopolitan.

“Nairobi needs tribeless politics. Nairobi is a cosmopolitan county and instead what we should fight for is Nairobi without traffic, garbage, youth unemployment and Kanjo menace,” she said.

Tharaka-Nithi Senator Kithure Kindiki expressed confidence that Jubilee will win the seat.

“We cannot allow Nairobi to be in the hands of the opposition. We will do whatever it takes to win the seat.”