Wangui Ngirici, the Kirinyanga Woman Representative has claimed her supporters are pressuring her to support the Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga.
In an interview with The Standard, the once strong supporter of Deputy President William Ruto said Kirinyaga residents are aware of the humiliation and tribulations she faced in UDA
She said her supporters felt let down by the betrayal from the Deputy President and UDA even after her effort to establish and popularize the party in the county.
“Kirinyaga people are aware of my humiliation, they sympathize with me and want me to join Raila’s camp but beseech them to first support my gubernatorial bid,” Ngirici said.
She was quick too point out that popularity of Raila Odinga in Mt Kenya is growing each day and she cannot take it lightly.
According to her projections, Raila and Ruto will share the Mt. Kenya voting block equally and the difference will be marginal if any will win in the upcoming elections.
“Ruto’s problem in Mt. Kenya is his insult to the regional political parties and the cartels surrounding him that are making the party lose popularity,” she added.
Former Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri in exclusive interview with The Sunday Nation also labeled Ruto’s failure to involve all leaders of the region as his shortcomings.
“Remember Raila Odinga came and the first thing was to go to all leaders in the regions. Much as you would like to ignore them, there is no community that does not have its leaders,” Kiunjuri said.
Kiunjuri challenged the Deputy President to engage regional affiliate parties if at all he intends to maintain a head in preserving Mt. Kenya votes.
