Kathiani politics
without Wavinya
Voting pattern in Kathiani
constituency of Machakos County will would be affected by the geographical
origin of candidates as several of them hail from the same locality therefore
are likely to share votes. More than nine aspirants both
old and young have declared interest since the incumbent Wavinya Ndeti is going
for governorship.
Some of the candidates have not
yet announced the parties they intend to use as their vehicle to parliament
with Frankline Makola hinting to vie using ODM Party.
Investigations show there are
expectations that some aspirants might forge alliances and support one of them
while observers say others, who are yet to declare interest, are warming up for
the next years general election.
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| Mr Mbui |
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| Mr Ngovi |
Those known to be in the race include Frankline
Makola who is Kathiani ODM chairman,Lawrence Ngovi alias Mbengo,Kathiani CDF
chairman Robert Mbui,Mr Daniel Yumbya, the Executive Officer of the Kenya
Medical Practitioners Board,,Former Muvuti secondary principal Joshua Mutua
Kimani and Stephen Muia Wambua.
Each candidate is optimistic
that he or she will capture the parliamentary seat this season with resorting
to heavy spending.
Muia Wambua says he believes in a group achievement than
individual interests. He pledges to streamline the agricultural sector and
encourage horticulture as an alternative source of income.
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Robert Mbui, the director of
Mutungoni Academy in Athiriver and
grandson of former Chief of General Staff Gen(RTD) Jackson Mulinge, who
sponsors over 50 total orphans says he is looking forward to provide
education scholarships and other academic opportunities to bright children
from poor families and disadvantaged communities.
Kathiani Constiuency, formerly
Iveti North, was renamed ahead of the 1988 elections. In 1988 Laban Maingi
Kitele was elected as the Kathiani MP on a KANU one-party sysstem.
In 1992,Jackson Kimeu Mulinge
took over and in 1997,l Peter Kyalo Kaindi of SDPwas elected and re-elected
for a second term on a Narc ticket in 2002 . Wavinya Ndeti of CCU was elected
in 2007 as the first women to be elected as an MP in the larger Machakos
District.
In the last general election
Wavinya Ndeti “Mama Kathiani” won the seat on the little known Chama Cha
Uzalendo party, beating 17 male candidates.
She and Water minister and Kitui
Central MP Charity Ngilu are currently the only elected female MPs in
Parliament from Ukambani.
