Bahati meets Kalonzo over troubles for Mathare parliamentary seat
Bahati meets Kalonzo Musyoka over troubles for Mathare parliamentary seat to strategize on how to win the seat.
On Wednesday, June 29, Kevin Kioko, popularly known by his stage as Bahati, the Jubilee party nominee for the Mathare parliamentary seat, disclosed that he had a meeting with the Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka to plan on how to win the seat.
Speaking to Radio Citizen, Bahati asserted that Kalonzo had called a meeting with Kamba candidates in the constituency at his Karen home to decide how the community would win the seat.
He emphasized that they had taken note of the Kamba community’s size in Mathare and decided to support the strongest candidate.
“Kalonzo is our leader and the Kamba vote in Mathare is very important. We met a week ago in Karen and looked at how we can support one candidate from Ukambani, where I was selected,” he stated
Bahati intimated that Kalonzo promised him that Wiper’s candidate in the area Ben Milali would withdraw and support his bid.
The development comes after ongoing political tension between him and Jubilee, which asked him to shelve his bid in favour of current MP, ODM’s Anthony Oluoch.
The Mathare parliamentary seat had been for ODM in an agreement proposal that saw the Orange Pary and Jubilee each get 8 constituencies while Wiper got one in Nairobi county.
The musician further made allegations that some of his competitors attempted to bribe him out of the seat, offering him incentives including cash and lucrative jobs in the government.
“Many people have called me, offering me as much as Ksh50 million so that I can step down. Nonetheless, I tuned them down, because these people who will steal from the residents once they get elected,” he pointed out.
He noted that owing to his firm stand, his rivals resorted to approaching him through emissaries; ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna and Rachel Shebesh to try and convince him to step down.
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