[Balambala MP Abdikadir Aden. He has asked his constituents to vote out the Jubilee administration during the August polls. Courtesy: The Star]
Balambala MP Abdikadir Aden has said that the ruling Jubilee Party is unlikely to get any support from Garissa county and particularly his constituency during the forthcoming general elections.
Speaking in the constituency last weekend, the lawmaker observed that the North Eastern part of Kenya is firmly in the Opposition coalition NASA and area residents are likely to rally behind the coalition's Presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
He further accused the Jubilee administration of doing so little to improve the living standards of the locals, citing discrimination in issuance of identification cards and profiling of the Muslim communities.
“We have not forgotten how they bundled our people in lorries and took them to the Safaricom Stadium Kasarani in the disguise of fighting terrorism,” he said.
“Jubilee leaders can make as many trips to this region as they want, but I can assure them that no amount of enticing will convince our people to vote for the party because they know where their hearts are,” he added.
Both NASA and Jubilee are highly counting on the North Eastern Kenya support, especially after the native counties were earmarked as battle grounds.