Wiper terms Mike Sonko a traitor after defecting to William Ruto
3 min readWiper terms Mike Sonko a traitor after defecting to William Ruto saying he only joined the party to shield himself from political woes.
Following his Saturday defection to the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been branded a traitor by officials of the Wiper party.
Sonko left the political party of Kalonzo Musyoka in favor of Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), citing his anger with influential people who, in his opinion, were trying to thwart his quest for governor.
According to Mombasa Wiper leaders, Mike Sonko only joined the Wiper party in order to run for governor of Mombasa and protect himself from the political woes that led to his impeachment in Nairobi in 2020.
“All this time he was supporting DP Ruto and UDA but he has decided to come out openly. However, we wish him all the best. Wiper will remain in Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition and we have decided to support ODM gubernatorial candidate Abdulswamad Nassir. We don’t have a candidate in Mombasa,” said Sheikh Omar Twaha, Wiper Mombasa chairman.
He said Wiper will campaign for Abdulswamad Nassir and Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga, further urging Wiper supporters to remain calm.
“We had hoped to have a Wiper governor. The only blow is that we don’t have a gubernatorial candidate. But his defection is not a blow because he was not in Wiper, he just joined us recently to shield himself from his political woes and we really helped him,” he said.
Mr. Twaha said it is disheartening that Wiper had to beg Kisauni MP Ali Mbogo to shelve his gubernatorial ambition for the sake of Sonko only to desert them in the hour of need.
Meanwhile, Kamba leaders led by Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu, have denounced Sonko for supporting DP Ruto.
Charity Ngilu who spoke at the Akamba handcraft in Changamwe while campaigning for Raila Odinga said the Kamba community living in Mombasa will support Nassir.
“We are all in Azimio. Our Mombasa governor is ODM but we want nominations at the County Assembly. You must go door to door campaigning for Raila Odinga and Nassir,” said Ngilu.
Mike Sonko announced that he has dropped his bid to support Hassan Omar for the Mombasa governor race where he has been assured three chief executive officers and three chief officers.
In Nairobi, he will also get two county executive officers and three chief officers.
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