'Mungu anawaona': Senator Susan Kihika responds to claims she is not a Kenyan citizen
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File image of Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika at a past function. PHOTO | COURTESY
Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika has responded to a
petition filed seeking to block her gubernatorial bid on grounds that she is
not a Kenyan citizen.
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday evening, Kihika
scoffed at the allegations hinting that the citizenship debacle was only
brought up by individuals who want her to drop her aspirations.
She further question how the claims are only
now emerging as she seeks the Nakuru Governor’s seat, but were not brought
forth when she contested for the Senate seat.
"Soo....As a Senator I was Kenyan but
now that am going for Governorship am not Kenyan. It's all right; Mungu
anawaona," she wrote on Twitter.
Her sentiments come after one Joseph Kimani
Njuguna on Tuesday filed a petition before the Independent and Electoral
Commission (IEBC) seeking to have her barred from participating in the August
polls.
The petitioner claims that the Senator forsook
her Kenyan citizenship in 2003 for a United States citizenship.
As such, Njuguna argues, the former
Nakuru County Assembly Speaker contravenes the Constitution in her quest to
become governor.
“Having
lost her Kenya citizenship, the said Susan Wakahura Kihika was required
under section 10 of the Citizenship and Immigration Act Cap 172 of the laws of
Kenya to apply in the prescribed manner in order to regain citizenship of
Kenya,” read the petition.
“Section
8(4) of the Citizenship and Immigration Act makes it an offence for a duo
citizen who fails to disclose his/her other citizenship in the prescribed
manners.”
Njuguna added: “I therefore request that the
said Susan Wakahura Kihika be barred from contesting the upcoming general
election of the August 2022 in the position of Governor Nakuru County.”
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