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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A week after they had a session with President Uhuru Kenyatta, Coast governors yesterday held a meeting heightening the talks of formation of a regional party.<\/p>\n

Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya hosted governors Amason Kingi of Kilifi and Hassan Joho of Mombasa at his office as it emerged that Kingi was ready to launch his party.<\/p>\n

The three governors held a meeting with President Kenyatta last Wednesday at State House in Nairobi, where insiders say the president was keen to have them work together under a regional party.<\/p>\n

According to MPs from the region, this is a strategy by President Kenyatta to block Deputy President William Ruto from the region.<\/p>\n

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Raila Odinga is likely to be a big casualty of Uhuru\u2019s move to encourage the region to have an outfit representing them in national politics.<\/p>\n

And yesterday, the meeting with the governors heightened talks, with Kilifi governor expected to launch his revamped Kadu Asili party over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met as leaders from the neighbouring counties and as leaders with a common interest of uplifting the lives of our people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis should not be looked at through political lens,\u201d said Kingi.<\/p>\n

During the tour of the Coast region to market the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), Raila was told by Kingi that their time to form the regional party was long overdue.<\/p>\n

He added that they would go ahead with the outfit that would carry the aspirations of the six counties.<\/p>\n

Raila has discouraged the region from going the regional party route, claiming that the idea was outdated and those pushing for it were falling into the trap of tribalism.<\/p>\n

The meeting yesterday, a source said, was part of trying to bring the leaders together as it emerged that Joho was still pushing for ODM\u2019s dominance while Mvurya, who is a confidant of DP, has been cagey on his next political move.<\/p>\n

Nyali MP Mohamed Ali said the meeting by the three governors was not a representation of the region but their attempts to secure their future as their terms come to an end.<\/p>\n

Raila enjoyed huge support from the region in the 2007 to 2013 general elections and the latest development could distabilise his base.<\/p>\n

Sources said the three governors discussed how they would push for the support of BBI, the possibility of Coast forming a party or coalition and how to promote the Jumuiya ya Kaunti za Pwani (JKP) economic bloc.<\/p>\n

Joho said: \u201cEarlier this morning, together with my brother Amason Kingi, we paid a courtesy call on Salim Mvurya at his offices in Kwale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Governor Kingi said: \u201cWith my brothers Hon Ali Hassan Joho and Governor Salim Mvurya in Kwale County today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bigger picture is that the president wants the BBI to pass and he has been lobbying the governors to back his agenda,\u201d said Pwani University lecturer Hassan Mwakimako.<\/p>\n

He, however, added that the governors could have talked about the controversial plan to form a Coast political party or coalition since the BBI emphasises on the need for representation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe BBI is also about representation and I hope this was on the list of the governors agenda for the meeting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Prof Halim Shauri also said the three governors must be pursuing the BBI agenda since the president has a lot of interest in the initiative investing so much in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president must have asked the governors to prepare for the BBI and ensure it receives massive support in the Coast region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is because he has invested a lot in it and will leave no stone unturned,\u201d Prof Shauri said.<\/p>\n

The three governors have kept their political cards close to their chests since they met President Kenyatta in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

Their aides said yesterday they stayed out of the meeting whose agenda was yet to be disclosed.<\/p>\n

Daniel Nyassy, the Kwale County director of communications said he was not in the meeting yesterday.<\/p>\n

Mark Agutu, the Kilifi communications director also said he was not privy to the issues raised in the meeting and that the agenda has not been made public.<\/p>\n

Uhuru\u2019s hosting of the governors, according to one of the county bosses who was in the meeting, was to have them fast-track formation of the regional party that would work closely with One Kenya Alliance.<\/p>\n

The One Kenya Alliance brings together party leaders Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Musalia Mudavadi (Amani National Congress), Baringo Senator Gideon Moi of Kanu and Moses Wetang\u2019ula (Ford Kenya).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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