Deputy President William Ruto received by Elders ole Saitoti and Yaille Kanoli Chairman Manyatta in Kajiado Central on September 24,2020. The DP had earlier met Mr Feisal Bader, an aspirant who is seeking to vie as an independent candidate in the Msambweni by-election.
On Wednesday, Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju cited President Kenyatta and Mr Odinga’s handshake for the decision by the ruling party not to field a candidate.
. Another ODM hopeful, Mariam Sharlet Akinyi, who was at the Kwale introductory meeting, had also jumped ship to Jubilee, and has since indicated she will be seeking the seat as an independent.
Deputy President William Ruto has set up a clash with ODM leader Raila Odinga in the Msambweni parliamentary by-election after backing an aspirant to run as an independent candidate.
A day after the DP grudgingly agreed to his Jubilee Party’s decision not to field a candidate in the mini-poll to avoid competing with ODM, he met Mr Feisal Bader Abdallah in Nairobi on Thursday, together with Coast MPs allied to his camp, signalling a looming battle in the December 15 poll.
