A 78-year-old man from Nkabune in Meru County has shocked his family after he vowed to sell all his property and channel the funds to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election campaign.
Mr Zablon Mukiira, who says he has voted in the general elections since the 1970s, took the radical decision over what he said is a threat posed to Mr Kenyatta’s re-election by the opposition.
He has told his family he intends to sell a bull and three sheep to campaign for UhuRuto across Meru County.
Mr Mukiira has also revealed that he intends sell a prime plot in the outskirts of Meru Town if he runs out of money before accomplishing his mission.
COUNTER NASA WAVE
He says he came up with the radical decision after he learnt that Nasa flagbearer Raila Odinga is enjoying significant support in parts of Meru and Tharaka-Nithi counties.
When the Nation visited Mr Mukiira at his home, the former Mau Mau fighter and a father of six was unmoved by pleas from his sons not to sell his property.
“I will sell my only bull at Sh40,000 and three sheep at Sh25,000 to campaign for the president because I feel some people don’t want to vote for him. I believe in his leadership because he has done a lot for us in the last five years. I will move from village to village to tell the people what the Jubilee government has done,’’ Mr Mukiira said.
His wife, Esther Mukiira, and their two sons, Gregory Mukiiria and Dominic Mutethia, are against the idea and have been begging him to abandon his plans for the last two months.
FAMILY AFRAID
“We are afraid that our father will make true his threat because he has been asking us to look for buyers. If he succeeds to sell the livestock, he is likely to auction the plot too. He is not ready to listen to anyone including fellow elders,” said Gregory.
The son noted that the two-acre prime plot sits adjacent to Nkabune Technical Training Institute and could fetch up to Sh10 million.
“A former top government official has been asking my father to sell the land but he refused. Now that he is obsessed with campaigning for the president, he might let it go,” Gregory lamented.
The old man said he does not care who wins in the local political arena but wants Mr Kenyatta elected.
JUBILEE ACHIEVEMENTS
“The president has completed the standard gauge railway, increased electricity connectivity and supported free primary education. He has also introduced free maternity which enabled my daughters-in-law to give birth for free in public hospitals. I also get a monthly stipend from the government,’’ he said.
He said he would target parts of Imenti and Nyambene, where the opposition is gaining ground, to campaign for the president.
“There are few people who want to vote [for another candidate] and they may influence others. That is why I want to campaign for the president,’’ he said.
MET MZEE KENYATTA
Mr Mukiira said as a former Mau Mau fighter, he used to meet with Kenya’s first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in Embu, something that endears him to the current president.
The old man’s fears may have been driven by constant Nasa campaigns in Meru led by Mr Odinga where he has received warm reception.
Recently, Meru Governor Peter Munya, speaking on a television show, said that the Nasa coalition has substantial support in Nyambene region.
Earlier, Igembe South MP Mithika Linturi had admitted that the Jubilee government was facing resistance in his home turf due to unfulfilled promises including road projects.
fake story, Raila has no support in Meru. You can gauge that by looking at how many parliamentary, senatorial or even MCA ODM candiadates are in Meru county
kula kwa jubilee kura kwa nasa
why think its fake??
link
Google Says in 2013…
MERU COUNTY
Registered voters: 487,265
Votes cast: 429,819 88.2
Invalid votes: 4,425 01.0
Valid votes: 425,394 99.0
Candidate Party Votes %
Mohammed A Dida ARC 747
Martha Karua NRC 1,715
Peter Kenneth KNC 3,035
Uhuru Kenyatta TNA 384,290
James Kiyiapi RBK 1,256
Musalia Mudavadi UDF 1,364
Paul Muite Safina 540
Raila Odinga ODM 32,447
Total 425,394
Igembe Central, Tigania East MPs Are from ODM! :eek: :D!
RWNBP
We had been bombarded with claims of ‘Kisii iko locked’ but the story from the ground yesterday suggested otherwise.
Source Google. It cannot get worse for Raila (my guess)
KISII COUNTY 2013
Registered voters: 412,945
Votes cast: 348,662
Invalid votes: 4,598
Valid votes: 344,064
Candidate Party Votes %
Mohammed A Dida ARC 809
Martha Karua NRC 2,565
Peter Kenneth KNC 2,511
Uhuru Kenyatta TNA 95,596
James Kiyiapi RBK 1,975
Musalia Mudavadi UDF 2,632
Paul Muite Safina 1,046
Raila Odinga ODM 236,831
Total 344,064
This is what being a fanatic means
heri akufe bila kitu na jakuon asikuwe president
Different year ,different story bruh . 40-50% of Meru region is NASA. They are tired of the GEMA alliance that’s made of 3 communities but all 3 past presidents have all come from the G part. Wameru wamechoka.
He will die poor if he proceeds with his plan. Uhuru doesn’t need a peasant to win.
upussy wa hali ya juuu
Kithure Kindiki’s brother is also a professor. He was poached from SA to help Nasa do their campaigns in Meru. How fake is that?
Shida hapo ukisema fake story.
TUKUTANE KWA DEBE!!!;
That one has not been able to win even a councillor seat in the past. He was a candidate in 2002 and 2007 and got almost nothing. He is using that Nation journalist to make a name