{"id":4695,"date":"2020-03-22T14:33:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T14:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=4695"},"modified":"2020-03-22T14:33:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T14:33:53","slug":"raila-and-ruto-allies-on-groundwork-ahead-of-msambweni-by-election-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/raila-and-ruto-allies-on-groundwork-ahead-of-msambweni-by-election-duel","title":{"rendered":"Raila and Ruto allies on groundwork ahead of Msambweni by-election duel"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Political parties in Kwale County are flexing their muscles in preparation for the Msambweni by-election following the death of MP Suleiman Dori on March 9.<\/p>\n

There is intense lobbying around the ODM and Jubilee\u00a0bigwigs with reports that Governor Salim Mvurya\u00a0 (Jubilee) has fronted his\u00a0county finance executive member\u00a0 Bakari Sebe.Sources indicate that Governor Mvurya\u00a0(pictured)<\/strong>\u00a0forwarded Mr Sebe\u2019s\u00a0name to a top party leader last week for possible\u00a0endorsement.<\/p>\n

On the ground, it appears the contest\u00a0will be between\u00a0ODM leader Raila Odinga and the Deputy President William Ruto’s\u00a0faction of Jubilee which tilted the political ground at the Coast after winning the support of the late Mr Dori, Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa, and other ODM legislators in the wake of the March 19, 2018 handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Sebe, a political newcomer said he was in the race and was prepared for either a competitive nomination process or direct ticket, adding that his team was busy preparing the ground for the political duel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am in the race for the Msambweni\u00a0by-election and I am ready for any eventuality. I am prepared for\u00a0contested or direct nomination. Whichever\u00a0way, we are still in preparation but things look fine on the ground,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

But Msambweni Knut Branch Executive Officer Bashir Kilalo who made an impressive show in the 2017 General Election on a Jubilee ticket appears to be on Sebe\u2019s neck as he fights for the Jubilee ticket.\u00a0\u00a0It remains to be seen how Bashir, who is not in Mvurya\u2019s political camp will be handed the ticket now that the governor\u00a0stands out as deputy president William Ruto’s point man in the county.<\/p>\n

On the ODM side, several candidates have been jostling for the party amid deep consultations and preparations for a possible nomination exercise.Kwale ODM Chairman Hassan Mwanyoha said that already the branch wanted to make a stand on the mini poll saying party leader Raila Odinga has advised them to be patient \u201cbecause Mr Dori\u2019s grave was still very fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have heeded the counsel from the party leader that we go slow on the drive to replace\u00a0the departed MP because his grave was still fresh. So we have extended our consultations with the membership,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Mwanyoha, those eyeing the party ticket are Dori’s former personal assistant and kin Feisal\u00a0Bader, 2017 independent candidate and Dori’s main rival Omar Boga, branch vice-chairman\u00a0Nicholas Zani and a newcomer Sharlet Mariam Akinyi among others.Mwanyoha said they were waiting for\u00a0Raila\u2019s\u00a0word to make the next\u00a0move as a branch.<\/p>\n

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi is yet to declare the Msambweni seat vacant.In 2017, ODM emerged as the dominant party in Kwale County winning the Msambweni and Kinango Parliamentary seats, the county women representative and senate seats as well as nine out of the 20 MCA positions.Jubilee won the gubernatorial seat through Mvurya and five MCA seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Political parties in Kwale County are flexing their muscles in preparation for the Msambweni by-election following the death of MP Suleiman Dori on March 9. 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