[Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi in a past event. He maintains that coastal region remains an ODM stronghold despite the government’s efforts to encroach it. Photo/the-star]
Kilifi governor Amason Kingi has rubbished Jubilee Party's attempts to to wrestle the Coast region grip from opposition party ODM.
Speaking on Saturday in Rabai, Kingi maintained that the vote-rich region is firmly in the opposition, accusing the Jubilee administration of unfulfilled pre-election promises in the run up to the 2013 general elections.
“President Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto’s numerous trips to coast will not change the people’s support for ODM and the opposition. The two may even relocate from Nairobi to coast but still, this will not change the situation. The region is and will remain an ODM and opposition zone,” the Daily Nation quoted him.
“There is the Sh2.3billion water project in Magarini and the Sh900 hospital equipment project at Malindi and Kilifi hospitals which the President claimed to have initiated. This is false. We got the water project after acquiring a World Bank loan of over Sh3 billion when I was Magarini MP. The hospital equipment funds is a loan that the residents must pay ata rate of Sh90 million annually,” he added.
The outspoken governor further rubbished recent detections by key politicians in the Coast region to Jubilee Party, terming the move as "inconsequential."
Kingi is one of ODM's key pointmen in Coast.