Wiper Party blames Nguu/Masumba by-election loss on 'moles'
The Wiper Democratic
Movement party now says it lost the highly contested Nguu/Masumba Ward by-election
in Kibwezi West, Makueni County, due to infiltrators.
Wiper Nominated Senator
Sylvia Kasanga, speaking on Citizen TV’s Day Break show on Tuesday
morning, blamed the loss on “moles” she claimed were paid to compromise the
party, right from the nomination stage.
“Wiper was
infiltrated from UDA, from Governor Mutua’s camp…they had all infiltrated. We
had moles everywhere, people were paid, and it was very different even to hold
a strategy,” Kasanga said.
“Even our
nomination was infiltrated and that is where for us, as Wiper, the train
derailed; and we now know.”
In the Nguu/Masumba
by-election, Timothy Maneno, who ran as an independent candidate, won the seat
after garnering 2,894 votes ahead of the William Ruto-led UDA candidate David
Musau (2,223) and Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper party aspirant Eisho Mwaiwa (1,601).
“That independent
candidate was actually the one who should have got the Wiper ticket, we had
operatives who had infiltrated (the party) so somehow they cooked up the
nomination, which was very unfortunate,” said Senator Kasanga.
“When we were
speaking to ourselves, we said we are grateful that actually this has happened
ahead of 2022, because then we are able to weed out all those people. And we
know them,” she stated, adding that the party is now embarking on a mission to “clean
up house.”
The Nominated
Senator further added: “We don’t take it as a big knock, we take it as a big
learning lesson to prepare. We are unraveling the issue that happened right
there and the details are coming out now, we are beginning to become aware of
really what happened.”
Senator Kasanga
however dismissed claims that the by-election turn-out is a reflection of
Kalonzo Musyoka’s influence across Ukambani, terming such reports as a complete
fallacy.
“The minute we
lost Nguu/Masumba, we have people who came out to attack Wiper and our party
leader, as if that is the only thing that can determine how strong Kalonzo
Musyoka is,” she stated.
“Just because ODM
is now upbeat and running and the Deputy President has been running does not
mean that we are just going to election next year (unprepared), we still have time.”
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