Popular Nairobi Business Community (NBC) has declared its support for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate Imran Okoth in upcoming Kibra constituency by-election.
Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday, NBC Chairman Wilfred Kamau said that the community has made a decision to rally behind Imran.
According to Kamau, the ODM candidate did a good job while his late brother Ken Okoth was receiving treatment abroad.
"We have decided to support Imran because of how he managed Kibra’s affairs, especially when Ken Okoth was in and out of the hospital before his demise,” he said as quoted by the Standard.
The group which was largely associated with the Jubilee Party during the 2017 general elections, however, maintains that it is still behind President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“We support the President in every manner, which includes the handshake that has brought about Imran... I personally do not think there was any endorsement by the President. We could all read the President’s body language and that said it all,” Mr Kamau added.
Imran will face McDonald Mariga and other candidates in a bid to succeed his late brother who succumbed to cancer in July this year.
The mini-poll is set for November 7th.