Malindi Member of Parliament Aisha Jumwa has surprisingly declared her support for ODM parliamentary seat candidate in Kibra by-election.
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Jumwa, who is an ardent supporter of Deputy President William Ruto, attended ODM Parliamentary Group meeting chaired by their party leader Raila Odinga and declared her support for Bernard Imran Okoth.
This signals the end of her dalliance with the Deputy President.
The MP has been known to be on the frontline of the Tanga Tanga movement and spearheading the Inua Mama campaign, a counterforce to the pro-Uhuru-Raila Embrace Kenya.
In the dizzying twist of events, Jumwa has declared that her ‘DNA is ODM and ODM is her home.’
Raila Odinga’s spokesman Dennis Onyango has confirmed the development to the Standard Digital.
Strangely, the ODM tweet announcing the defection was deleted moments after it was posted.
The ODM went further on to announce that Imran vowed to create an enabling environment for economic growth in Kibra during the meeting captured in-camera.
“He also promised to create that environment for them by creating a revolving fund from which traders can borrow and return without interest after a period of time,” ODM said in a tweet.
Maybe she weighed her options, and saw that political, she stood better chances with Raila and the rest of coastal politicians, than with Ruto, who is an outsider .
siasa huwa dynamic. you cannot predict with certainty what will happen tomorrow in politics. leo ndio mmeona Jumwa in public akiwa ODM, but before leo mambo mingi zilifanyika behind the scenes. ile kitu unaona politician akisema leo huwa stale news, mambo yenye ilifanyika behind the scenes juzi. ukijua saa ii ile kitu politician anapanga huwezi payuka sana.
That is why am always cautioning those against William Ruto. Handshake itaisha, lakini siasa itaendelea. Mtashangaa sana Ruto akifanya kazi na Raila.
Politicians ni mashoga, waswahili wa pemba, wanajuana kwa vilemba. Kama wewe na raila ama Ruto hamjuani kwa vilemba usitusi mtu.