{"id":1080,"date":"2020-01-21T14:18:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T14:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2020-01-21T14:18:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T14:18:25","slug":"dp-wins-new-allies-in-taita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/dp-wins-new-allies-in-taita","title":{"rendered":"DP wins new allies in Taita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy President William Ruto has acquired new political allies while others have deserted him in Taita Taveta County.<\/p>\n<p>The DP made two visits last week as he seeks to wrest the county from opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has enjoyed overwhelming support in the region.Former Governor John Mruttu joined Dr Ruto\u2019s bandwagon during a leaders\u2019 meeting at Lumi Community Wildlife Sanctuary in Mwatate Sub-County last Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Crosshead\"><strong>New supporters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other leaders who have crossed to Ruto\u2019s side are Challa Ward Representative Omar Nguzo (Muungano Party), his Mgange-Mwanda counterpart Anselm Mwadime (independent) and former MCAs Celestine Mwakio and Flumence Mshila.<\/p>\n<p>Former Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadeghu is also reported to be warming up to the DP.Ruto\u2019s key allies in the region include Taveta MP Naomi Shaban and Taita Taveta Woman Representative Lydia Haika.Mr Mruttu, Ms Shaban and Ms Haika, all from the minority Taveta community, will spearhead Ruto\u2019s presidential campaigns in the county.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor was officially received by the DP at the leaders\u2019 meeting last Friday. ODM and Wiper Party legislators boycotted the meetingBut as the DP received new allies to bolster his presidential bid in Coast region, some of his key allies among them former Senator Dan Mwazo, MPs Jones Mlolwa (Voi), Dan Mwashako (Wundanyi) and Andrew Mwadime (Mwatate) appear to have deserted him.<\/p>\n<p>Mwazo contested the governorship in 2017 but lost.Governor Granton Samboja also abandoned him last year, opting to throw his weight behind Raila. Ruto and Samboja differed over the planned dissolution of the county government.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the governor confirmed that he supports ODM and the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila.Mwazo, who vied for governorship on a Jubilee party ticket, did not attend Ruto\u2019s two meetings last week.According to his close allies, the former Cabinet minister has distanced himself from the ruling coalition following his sacking by the president as the Kenya Ferry Services chairman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMwazo has been skipping the DP\u2019s meetings in the region and is no longer interested in Jubilee Party. He is now fighting for his political survival by strategising how he will win the gubernatorial seat in the next General Election. The politician is now weighing his options and contemplating rejoining ODM,\u201d said a close ally of the former senator.Mlolwa, Mwashako and Mwadime have been close allies of the DP but have of late been quiet and skipped his meetings in the region. They have in the past been accompanying the DP on his tours in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Crosshead\"><strong>Not invited<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Mwashako told\u00a0<span class=\"italic\">The Standard<\/span>\u00a0that the DP did not invite him to his meetings last week.The youthful politician said he was still a Wiper party legislator and had not abandoned his party leader Kalonzo Musyoka for the DP.\u201cIn fact, the former VP is the right candidate to succeed President Kenyatta when his second term express in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He is the compromise presidential candidate and Raila Odinga will support his presidential bid,\u201d said Mwashako.Mlolwa and Mwadime were not available for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy President William Ruto has acquired new political allies while others have deserted him in Taita Taveta County. The DP made two visits last week as he seeks to wrest the county from opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has enjoyed overwhelming support in the region.Former Governor John Mruttu joined Dr Ruto\u2019s bandwagon during a leaders\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[314,647,646],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-deputy-president-william-ruto","tag-taita-taveta-county","tag-taveta-mp-naomi-shaban"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DP wins new allies in Taita - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deputy President William Ruto has acquired new political allies while others have deserted him in Taita Taveta County. 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