How First Family and State officials tried and failed to stop Wambui

How First Family and State officials tried and failed to stop Wambui

Kabaridi,

next up is URP....the main partner of TNA

Row erupts in URP list ahead of submission

By VITALIS KIMUTAI

A few hours to the deadline for political parties to hand in their party lists to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), a row has erupted in the United Republican Party (URP) over parliamentary nominees.

A section of the URP national officials have disagreed over the list of the candidates who merit to be in the party list according to insiders.

Former Eldoret North MP William Ruto is the URP party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential running mate in the Jubilee Coalition.

"Some officials want women to be the majority in the list even as the law demands that gender parity must be observed," a high ranking national official said who declined to be named stated.

Front-runners for the nominations to National Assembly according to a list The Standard saw on Thursday morning are a youthful Nairobi businessman Mr Samuel Mburu, party activist Leah Supuko Naikanae, the daughter of National Heritage Minister Mr William Ntimama and Mohamed Antair Amin (Wajir County).

Mrs Millicent Nyaboge Omanga who has been named as the running mate for the Jubilee Coalition Gubernatorial candidate for Nairobi County Mr Ferdinand Waititu (TNA) is also in the list of those being considered for nomination to the Senate.

Omanga had declared interest in the Nairobi Senatorial position and kicked out her campaigns but is said to have dropped out after being picked as Waititu's running mate.

Party officials who declined to be named claimed that there was a plot to remove Mburu from the list and replace him with a woman candidate to represent the youths.

"What I can tell you for sure is that there has been a heated argument among the selection panel members over the picking of Mburu as number one in the list of nominees to the National Assembly," said a panel member.

Some of the officials were pushing for Ms Naikanae to be on top of the list and Mburu to be ranked as number five.

Mburu has been actively involved in the URP campaigns across the country and was instrumental in the formation of a party youth league in Nairobi County which was later incorporated in the presidential campaigns.

Ms Naikanae on the other hand has been an election Commissioner in charge of Rift Valley during the party nomination and also took charge of the region during the grassroots election.

Majority of those who applied for nomination to the Senate and the National Assembly in the party were women.

But Mr Nyule Ngumbao, the URP National Election Board (NEB) chairman said there was no row over the party list as was being alleged.

"We are working on the list right now and we shall release it to the IEBC at the close of business o Thursday" Ngumbao said on telephone.

Those who applied for nomination to the National Assembly according to the URP list are among others – Mr Adow Amran Duale (Garissa County), Ms Sergon Florence Jematiah (Nairobi County), Ms Marwa Rose Gaati (Migori County), Ms Violet Chesang (Uasin Gishu County) and Adan Noor Ali and Mohamed Mustafa Salat both from Mandera.

Mr David Ole Sankok and Benard Kemboi Koech from Narok and Elgeiyo Marakwet Counties respectively are being considered for nomination to parliament under the disabled category.

Others who applied for nomination to the Senate are – Ms Irene Cherop Masit, a former Commissioner at the defunct Interim Independent Boundaries Commission (IIBC), Ms Ogla Karani (Nairobi County), Ms Moss Beverly Cherop (Nakuru County), Ms Jepkoech Rose (Uasin Gishu), Ms Esther Somoire Karapio (Kajiado County) and Dullo Adan (Isiolo).

The party lists for the 12 nomination slots in the National Assembly and 20 in the Senate will be submitted to national elections by close of business on Thursday.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has spelt out strict guidelines to ensure the slots are filled after elections – in proportion to the seats a party wins – are reserved for special interests.

The party list will be ranked in order of priority and IEBC has directed the first three nominees must represent youth, a person with disability, and a worker.

Not more than one nominee shall be from the same ethnic community or registered voter in the same county.

Standard Digital News - Kenya : Row erupts in URP list ahead of submission
 
Ab-Titchaz said:
Mkuu,

kama huoni shida hapo basi inabidi upate ufahamisho kuhusu hizi kura.

...zinaitwa nominations. Kwa hivyo kila mtu anayegombania kiti lazima apigiwe kura na
wanachama na yule anayeibuka kidedea basi ndo anateuliwa kuwakilisha chama katika
kinyanganyiro kikuu hapo March 4.

...asiyekuwepo na lake halipo. Haya mambo ya kupatiana direct nominations katika kura
ndio yanayoleta maandamano na mitafaruku katika vyama husika.

Its as simple as that
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Kama hakupiwa kura hiyo sawa, maana yake kapendelewa lakini kama jina lake lilienda wapambe wakapiga kampeini yeye akashinda hiyo ingekuwa poa tu. Huku TZ kuna mmoja laipita hivyo hivyo kuanzia kuara za maoni alikuwa anaumwa, uchaguzi wenyewe akawa anaumwa hadi kuapishwa hakuwepo mpaka baada ya miaka miwili hivi ndo akafariki. Labda katiba mpya tuangalie hili pia
 
Nyati said:
Kama hakupiwa kura hiyo sawa, maana yake kapendelewa lakini kama jina lake lilienda wapambe wakapiga kampeini yeye akashinda hiyo ingekuwa poa tu. Huku TZ kuna mmoja laipita hivyo hivyo kuanzia kuara za maoni alikuwa anaumwa, uchaguzi wenyewe akawa anaumwa hadi kuapishwa hakuwepo mpaka baada ya miaka miwili hivi ndo akafariki. Labda katiba mpya tuangalie hili pia
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Mkuu,

huyu bwana kwanza wasomali wa Al-Shabaab walitaka kumtengua jijini Nairobi. Alifanya kunusurika kwa
nguvu zake Maulana kisha akaenda Sauzi kwa matibabu. Kwa hivyo hajakuwepo siku kibao tu afu hawa
wakubwa wakaamua katika mikutano yao apewe cheti cha ugombeaji...sasa hapo kama usemavyo
jamaa kapendelewa...'kibongobongo style'...:becky:

Muhimu katiba isukwe upya kufutilia mbali haya maswala ya kupendelewa na vigogo wa chama.
Inauzi ile mbaya aisee!
 
Kabaridi said:
mfianchi it is not about being even within TNA and cord, mimi namushutumu jimmy kibaki maana ndio sokomoko ya othaya inamzunguka. the man has been under cover miaka hii yote na kutokea kwenye viombo vya habari na utata mwingi. wanawe wa kibaki walisifiwa lakini naona mgema akisifiwa tembo hulitia maji. This is not party failure lakini ni meddling kuingiza siasa hata hivyo mary amerejeshewa cheti na ndio mgombezi maalum sasa.
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Kwa macho na masikio yangu nulimsikia Jimmy kuwa babake kamtuma kwa mtoto wa Jomo kuwa eti amwangalie huyo mshindani wa mama yake madogo,mi sikupenda na niliona kuna kitu nyuma ya pazia kweli Mzee Mwai kibaki ashindwe kumwambia Uhuru hadi atumwe Jimmy nilichoona ni kuwa hiyo bifu binafsi kati ya familia za Kibaki na niliona mbele ya safari kutakuwa na mvurugano kwani mama mdogo yupo very powerful kinyume na Jimmy na mama yake walivyokuwa wanadhani,hata sisi weyewe kwenye familia zetu tumeona nyumba ndogo zina nguvu kuliko nyumba kubwa.Halafu ajabu Jimmy kaona maji yamezidi unga eti sasa anakataa kuwa yeye hau influence hayo matokeo !!,hata aibu hana huyu Jimmy,kasau kuwa ''mpenzi wa baba yako ni mama yako pia''
 
Ab-Titchaz said:
Mkuu,

What is Kibaki's position on this matter?

Unajua hii hands-off approach yake inazuaga balaa most of the time...its like creating a
vacuum and then anything can be sucked it to take advantage of the 'space' created.

To be very serious bro, hii kitu inasikitisha sana and Im already worried about the implications to
the coming GE in March. If people can influence and arm wrestle the IEBC on these nomination
certificates, how about the during the GE when the stakes are higher?

There goes the independence of this body!
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bro it is all over the media that wambui won the elections through a fair electoral process which was witnessed even reported in news rooms, but it seems potential losers have formed a crafty way of involving intercepting court orders to resolve disputes and frustrate the elections. is as always expected in events that determinant to get results and polls are the only credible ways to elect leaders.

it is time jubilee develop some thick skin and set matters straight to avert "dark-forces' from causing havoc. Right now it is easy for myopic people to come to a conclusion that this is jubilee at work, but there are other forces at work. I am also worried the IEBC is showing signs of partisanship which is very worrying
 
mfianchi said:
Kwa macho na masikio yangu nulimsikia Jimmy kuwa babake kamtuma kwa mtoto wa Jomo kuwa eti amwangalie huyo mshindani wa mama yake madogo,mi sikupenda na niliona kuna kitu nyuma ya pazia kweli Mzee Mwai kibaki ashindwe kumwambia Uhuru hadi atumwe Jimmy nilichoona ni kuwa hiyo bifu binafsi kati ya familia za Kibaki na niliona mbele ya safari kutakuwa na mvurugano kwani mama mdogo yupo very powerful kinyume na Jimmy na mama yake walivyokuwa wanadhani,hata sisi weyewe kwenye familia zetu tumeona nyumba ndogo zina nguvu kuliko nyumba kubwa.Halafu ajabu Jimmy kaona maji yamezidi unga eti sasa anakataa kuwa yeye hau influence hayo matokeo !!,hata aibu hana huyu Jimmy,kasau kuwa ''mpenzi wa baba yako ni mama yako pia''
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kwa kweli mfianchi kama ulivotaja, hii inaonekana siasa na mvurugano kati ya familia mbili na haihusiani vyovyote na uchaguzi. tumeshuhudia siasa za familia zikiwa chungu, wale hata blood relatives hupingana kwa kiasi ya kuondoana uhai yulivoshuhudia hata pande zingine za kenya. kwa hivyo vita hivi vinaonekana ni vya mama wa kambo na mwanawe!
 
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... the most attractive women in Africa are from Kenya?
 
Cynic said:
... the most attractive women in Africa are from Kenya?
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No sir!...hawa ndio mazungu wakubwa wa unga Kenya....na sasa wanataka kuingia siasa ili kujisafisha.
Habari nd'o hio mkuu mwenzangu.
 
How First Family and State officials tried and failed to stop Wambui

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By PATRICK NZIOKA pnzioka@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Sunday, January 27 2013 at 00:30

In Summary

  • Head of Civil Service and Security PS came in to help Jimmy ensure Mugambi gets certificate


The bungled attempt to deny Ms Mary Wambui the chance to contest the Othaya parliamentary seat is the culmination of concerted efforts by some members of the First Family cheered on by a cabal of professionals and business people from the area, the Sunday Nation can reveal.

Senior government officials were also roped in the scheme that sought to mobilise the State machinery to shatter Ms Wambui's political dream.

The Sunday Nation, which has been keenly following politics in Othaya since election fever gripped the country, established that businesspeople felt that Ms Wambui lacked the pedigree to succeed President Kibaki.

The solution, it was felt, was to front the Othaya Development Association (ODA) chairman Gichuki Mugambi for the seat. President Kibaki is the patron of the ODA, a group that has fashioned itself as having the President's ear and responsible for the development projects in the constituency.

Sunday Nation has learnt that a section of the First Family was unsettled when Ms Wambui declared her interest to succeed the retiring Othaya MP. Immediately, Jimmy Kibaki and his sister Judy, as well as the Nairobi group, started moves to ensure Ms Wambui loses in TNA nominations or, better still, that she doesn't contest at all.

The favourite

A closed-door meeting of the business people from Othaya, and which Judy attended, was held at the Outspan Hotel in October, last year. Judy conveyed Jimmy's apologies for not attending. The meeting, which the Sunday Nation reported on November 4, sought to endorse Mr Mugambi as the favourite to succeed the President in the constituency.

It was also agreed that Ms Wambui be prevailed upon to drop her bid, a move she seems to have declined since a few days after the meeting, she rented an office in Othaya town where she set up her campaign secretariat.

Many people interviewed by the Sunday Nation were unwilling to be quoted, saying the matter is sensitive. Civil servants and government operatives familiar with the intrigues feared reprimand if they were identified as having discussed the matter in the media.

This fear was not far-fetched. After Mr Mugambi lost, long serving Nyeri South (Othaya) DC David Koskei and District Officer Hellen Chege were transferred from their stations.

The DC and his deputy were accused, alongside the entire security team, of favouring Ms Wambui and not doing enough to help Mr Gichuki clinch victory in TNA.

Mr Koskei was moved to Igembewhile Ms Chege moves to Kabete. The two got their letters to move on Monday evening and handed over the next day.

During the October meeting, it was felt that the President's endorsement was important if the Mugambi candidature was to succeed. The presence of Jimmy and Judy seems to have settled that score.

The meeting was held in the background of intelligence reports indicating that Ms Wambui was the favourite for the seat.

"I can tell you that intelligence reports filed on the issue showed that Ms Wambui was popular and it seems nobody took them seriously until it was too late, resulting in the blunders you have seen in the last week," an officer involved in preparing the reports told the Sunday Nation.

To add weight to the President's hand in the matter, Jimmy visited Othaya in December and declared during a campaign rally for Mr Mugambi that President Kibaki and TNA leader Uhuru Kenyatta had endorsed him.

Coincidentally, Ms Wambui was also campaigning in the area on that day. When the media asked her to react to the claims, she locked herself in her car and made several calls only to come out laughing. She dismissed the claims and dared Jimmy to run against her for the seat.

A week before the nominations, it was evident the personal endorsement by the President was not forthcoming, yet time was running out. Something had to be done to secure Mr Mugambi's victory. It was at this point that Head of Civil Service Francis Kimemia and PS in charge of provincial administration Mutea Iringo were brought in.

On Friday, January 11, a twin effort was launched with Central PC Japhter Rugut and Othaya DC Koskei being summoned by Mr Kimemia to his office to discuss the matter.

Although they had arrived in the morning, they were kept waiting until 4 pm when the meeting started. Mr Iringo attended the meeting, which explored all the options available on how to secure Mr Mugambi's victory, but by the time it ended at 10 pm, no solution had been found.

The PC and the DC are said to have put it categorically that Ms Wambui was too strong on the ground and, barring any surprises, she would cruise to victory easily.

That same Friday, Jimmy launched another effort this time with the help of four trusted friends of the President - Othaya CDF chairman Karanja Mwangi, his relatives, Mr Michael Kibaki and Mr Bernard Nderitu, and finally Mr Egidio Wahome, the chairman of Holy Family Basilica and a schoolmate who was instrumental in convincing President Kibaki to move from Bahati in Nairobi and contest in Othaya in the 1970s.

They were asked to meet at the Serena Hotel the next day, a Saturday, from where they would proceed to State House to plead for Mr Mugambi's case. But by 12 pm, only Mr Wahome had turned up and found Jimmy waiting.

Little is known of what the two discussed with the President but the personal endorsement did not materialise.

Again, the DC, Mr Koskei, was summoned back to Nairobi by Mr Kimemia on Monday, this time without the PC, where the matter was again discussed in the presence of PS Iringo.

After the deliberations, the only option available was to approach TNA with a request that the certificate be given to Mr Mugambi irrespective of who wins the race.

But when he spoke to the Sunday Nation yesterday, Mr Kimemia laughed off suggestions that government officials took more than necessary interest in the Othaya nominations.

"We were monitoring nominations by all parties in all parts of the country for security reasons. It's preposterous for anyone to imagine that anyone in the Civil Service took any more interest than was required by the call of duty in the nominations," Mr Kimemia said.

"There was tension on the ground because of delayed materials and we were trying to do whatever it takes to calm the situation. Our focus was not on Othaya. The nomination process helped us to know the potential hotspots," he added.

How First Family and State officials tried and failed to stop Wambui - CAMPAIGN NEWS - elections.nation.co.ke
 
Mkuu Ab-Titchaz
Duh kweli familia ya KIBAKI iliingila uchaguzi wa pale Othaya..kwa nini huyu Mama Wambui hakuhamia katika Muungano wa CORD??
 
NYAKIMWE said:
Mkuu Ab-Titchaz
Duh kweli familia ya KIBAKI iliingila uchaguzi wa pale Othaya..kwa nini huyu Mama Wambui hakuhamia katika Muungano wa CORD??
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Hakutaka kuenda kokote maana kina mama wa hili kabila, hususan hii sehemu wanapenda vita na ubabe dhidi ya
wanaume. Hebu tizama hio picha na hayo macho yao...hapana mathezo aisee!

Yeye alijua kashinda afu mbona tena akimbie? Hawa ndo wale wanaoamini ule msemo "Tutabanana
humu humu". Mimi namuunga mkono maana ni haki yake na mambo ya kulazimisha ishu kwa kua wewe ni Rais
hamna tena.

Hongera yake!
 

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Ndio maana watu wa kabila moja wote wamewekwa sehemu nyeti ili kulinda maslahi yao,si ajabu Kibaki kumteua tena mkurugenzi wa CID wa kabila lake si bahati mbaya bali anajua anachokifanya.

Sasa na tujiulize iwapo uchaguzi wa wenyewe kwa wenyewe unaingiliwa na ikulu itakuwaje CORD wasiingiliwe,hii inaniaminisha kuwa RAO alimshinda Kibaki ,lakini watu wake ambao wote ndio wakubwa wa vyombo vya usalama na ulinzi pamoja na huyo Karua(sasa anajidai eti msafi)walihusika kwa sehemu kubwa kuvuruga uchaguzi.Karua naye angeenda The Hague ni mshiriki mkubwa wa visa vilivyotokea kwenye uchaguzi uliopita
 
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