NASA presidential running mate Kalonzo Musyoka with President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo/The Star]President Uhuru Kenyatta has yet again received a political boost after a section of the Kamba elders said the community is keen to ensure he is reelected.The elders of the Kamba clans governing council said the community regrets being in opposition and said working with the Jubilee governement will ensure the community benefits.According to their chairman Boniface Syengo they will support Uhuru and ruto reelection."The association is moving around advising people to elect leaders, especially the president, wisely," he said.Boniface Syengo, chairman of the Kamba Clans Governing Council of Elders, addresses the media at a Mwingi hotel."We endorsed [Uhuru] as a Kamba mzee currently baptised as Uhuru Muigai ‘Mutua’ Kenyatta during the inauguration of the Kibwezi-Kitui-Mwingi-Meru-Isiolo road," he added.The elders also threw a spanner in the works when they said they are supporting Uhuru because none of their sons is contesting for the presidency, despite the fact that Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka is NASA's presidential running mate."Unfortunately Kalonzo will be irrelevant in 2022 since there will be young people seeking the same seat. Uhuru's plan is to leave Kambas in a better place politically," he said."He is not after our votes since we did not vote for him in 2013 and yet he won. He has done a lot of development projects in Ukambani," he added.

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