[Machakos governor and Maendeleo Chap Chap Party (MCCP) leader Dr Alfred Mutua at a past convention. Photo/Courtesy]
Machakos governor Dr Alfred Mutua has attacked Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party, accusing it of cooking votes figures to favour Wavinya Ndeti.
The former CCU party leader and Machakos gubernatorial aspirant, seeks to oust Dr Mutua, after beating his deputy Bernard Kiala in the just concluded Wiper party primaries.
In the primaries held Sunday, Ndeti garnered 299,312 votes against Kiala's 4,663, figures that Mutua, the Maendeleo Chap Chap Party (MCCP) leader claims Wiper cooked.
Kiala had obtained a court order barring Wiper from conducting the primaries, arguing that Wiper and Wavinya's CCU had an agreement to give her a direct ticket, leaving Kiala in the cold.
Below is a statement from Dr Mutua, issued Monday May 1, immediately after Wavinya was declared the winner in the primaries:
''1. I wish to reiterate my statement issued earlier that political parties and political alliances should be about development for Mwananchi and not about power and a job for an individual. The score card of purported tribal king pins shows that these leaders have nothing to offer and can only perpetuate politics of poverty.2. The Wiper party has blatantly misled and lied to the people about the results of the purported gubernatorial primaries in Machakos county.* First there was hardly any massive voting going on yesterday. No queues were seen. It was a Sunday and many polling stations opened in the afternoon. This in addition to the fact that it was widely known that the court had halted the primaries which meant that fewer people turned up.* Second, the total votes cast for the County Women Rep position primary in the same area were 89,541. How then could the total of one for the Gubernatorial aspirants have an additional 200,000 voters? These additional numbers are cooked figures and ghost voters. The Wiper figures are fake, fake and fake and pure propaganda.* Third, they are not even clever when they cook figures. When you add their own doctored figures for what their candidate got from each sub county, it adds up to 235,066 but their total at the end is 299,312.* Fourth, it beats any science and logic that Machakos with about 450,000 registered voters would have a candidate of one struggling party garner nearly 300,000 votes in a primary. Contrast this with Kiambu which has nearly 1 million voters and where the winner of the Governor race in Jubillee had just over 300,000 votes too. The reality is that less than 95,000 people voted in Machakos - if that.3. It is clear Wiper Party is getting desperate to the extent of defying court orders and cooking figures. Wiper Party has top lawyers in its leadership who are officers of the court and who understand what a court order is and who know they it is illegal to cook figures. Shame on you Kalonzo Musyoka and Wiper Party. Shame on you!4. Wiper leaders should know that Wananchi are not stupid and that Maendeleo Chap Chap has the full support of voters who are tired of lies, games and a clear lack of a stand.5. Maendeleo Chap Chap will liberate Ukambani and usher in a new wave in Kenya. Wiper candidates be prepared to be trounced on August 8th as we show you real numbers.Dr. Alfred N. MutuaParty LeaderMAENDELEO CHAP CHAP''