Ida Odinga addressing Nairobi women supporting the NASA Opposition on June 11, 2017. PHOTO/nation.co.ke
Cracks have emerged in the Nairobi County NASA team pitting Wiper’s Rahab Ndambuki and ODM’s Esther Passaris for the Woman representative seat.
The two are in a bitter tussle that has now roped in Governor Evans Kidero and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader’s wife Ida Odinga.
The fears were confirmed by Kidero on Sunday although he said talks were ongoing between the two camps to have a better strategy for Nairobi.
“There is a negotiation going on between Passaris and Ndambuki as we speak,” said Dr Kidero.
Ms Passaris said there was still time to dialogue on the matter and that the NASA coalition will handle it amicably.
“In case we fail to agree, I will put up a spirited fight since I believe I have the support of Nairobi residents,” she told journalists.
Last Saturday, Mrs Odinga conducted a meeting with over 2,000 women in Kilimani where sharp differences played out in public between the two candidates.
NASA leaders fear that if this is not well handled, the fight could give Jubilee candidate and incumbent Rachel Shebesh an easy way to victory.
Ms Ndambuki went through boos and jeers when she accused ODM of short-changing other NASA affiliate parties in the City.
Nairobi ODM chairman George Aladwa, had asked her to drop her bid before he gave her the podium to address the meeting.
“Is Nasa made up of ODM alone? We are equal partners as Wiper, ANC, Ford Kenya and Chama Cha Mashinani…its unfair for ODM to allocate themselves all the top slots in the city,” she protested.