How Kidero lost the seat. ......this will be fodder for gema n tna.
Starehe MP and Nairobi
governor hopeful Margaret
Wanjiru on Sunday demanded
an apology from former
Makadara MP Reuben Ndolo
after the two differed in the
presence of Prime Minister
Raila Odinga. Ndolo was
addressing the PM's rally in
Kibera.
Ndolos attempts to calm a
section of the crowd who
were rowdy sparked outrage
from Margaret Wanjiru and
the discord in the Cord
coalition came out open.
“Nyinyi vijana wa Bishop
Margaret Wanjiru nyamazeni!
(you youth supporters of
Bishop Margaret Wanjiru keep
quiet),” Ndolo told the crowd
amid protest and anger from
the Starehe MP.
“Eti nini? Wao sio wangu
(What are you saying? They
are not mine)," said Wanjiru.
"Ndolo usinileteee. (Ndolo
don’t joke with me),” Wanjiru
told Ndolo and nearly cut him
short in his speech.
Despite attempts from the
crowd to shout down Ndolo
and force him to apologise to
Wanjiru, Prime minister Raila
Odinga ignored the calls and
asked Ndolo to go on with his
speech.
But this did not deter an
angry Wanjiru from pointing a
finger at Ndolo and saying
that Ndolo had disrespected
her. Ndolo went on with his
speech as Wanjiru kept on
pointing a finger at him.
The former Makadara MP,
mayor George Aladwa and
Sports minister Ababu
Namwamba who were
present, are supporters of
Evans Kidero, who wants to
clinch the governorship on an
ODM ticket.
During the rally there were
several sideshows pitting
supporters of Evans Kidero
and Margaret Wanjiru as they
jostled in outdoing each other
on the podium.
Mayor Aladwa said Nairobi
needs a governor who is loyal
to Prime Minister Raila
Odinga and that Kidero was
loyal. However, in a counter
attack, Wanjiru said she has
been loyal to Odinga since the
times of LDP, ODM Kenya
and now ODM.
“If its loyalty, I am the most
loyal to the Prime Minister
Raila Odinga. I deserve to be
the Nairobi governor,” Wanjiru
told the crowd.
As she ended her speech,
Ababu Namwamba and
Aladwa whispered to each
other and Aladwa allegedly
told Ababu that he should go
and downplay what Wanjiru
had said.
He allegedly said Wanjiru
seemed to have scored highly
by dismissing their claims that
she is not loyal to Raila. But
Ababu did not speak anything
about the issue again.
TULIA.........UFUNZWE!