2002 Elections
Ministers Tip Abagusii On Candidate
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- Published on Thursday, 19 July 2007 01:55
The three - Chris Okemo, Chris Obure and Joseph Kiangoi - said that the Opposition was daily getting divided and therefore it could not form the next Government.
They particularly took issue with the Ford People presidential candidate, Simeon Nyachae and Mwai Kibaki, whom they told to quit politics and retire along with President Moi.
They said most of the Opposition leaders had served the Government which they are now criticising and yet they were behind "the mess".
They described Nyachae and Kibaki as political failures who did to use their positions when they were in the Government in making Kenya better.
Okemo, who is the Minister for Energy, said Nyachae was an egocentric leader who could not be entrusted with the country's top seat.
He wondered why Nyachae was isolating members of the Abagusii community by saying that he would seek the top seat alone without the support of other communities.
He said the Kisii were only half a million compared to 10.5 Kenyan voters and therefore no miracle could happen for Nyachae to win the Presidency.
Obure, who is the Minister for Finance, told the Abagusii community not to make a mistake of voting for Nyachae as this would isolate them from the next Government.
The three ministers said they fully supported Local Authorities Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, for Presidency.
Area parliamentary aspirants Sam Nyamweya (Kitutu Chache), Manson Nyamweya (South Mugirango) and Charles Onyancha (Bonchari) pleaded with members of the Abagusii community not to follow Nyachae blindly, saying he was to blame for underdevelopment in the entire Gusii land.
They were speaking during a funds-drive in aid of Nyamusi Secondary School in North Mugirango's Borabu Constituency where a total of Sh911,000 was raised.
Okemo, who was the chief guest, gave Sh250,000 including Uhuru Kenyatta's Sh50,000, Chris Obure contributed Sh150,000, Kiangoi Sh50,000, Sam Nyamweya Sh10,000, Charles Onyancha Sh15,000 and Sh10,000 from Manson Nyamweya.
