Caption: Masika being handed over the life membership certificate by new democrats party. Photo: Facebook.com/Joshua kim
Real estate Guru and Makueni gubernatorial aspirant David Masika famously known as Lloyd has defected from the Wiper party to the new Democrats party.
Speaking while being handed over the direct nomination in the new democrats headquarters in Nairobi, Masika said that his defection was based on the fact that Kalonzo had informed him that he already had a preferred candidate in Makueni and his chance to get the Wiper ticket was next to zero.
This brought to light the issue of unfair nominations in Wiper. According to analysts, the biased nominations cost Wiper party almost half of MP seats in the 3 Ukambani counties in 2013's general elections.
Masika said his decision was based on the respect he has for Kalonzo. The new democrats party has placed itself as an alternative party in Ukambani and has attracted many aspirants such as Matungulu parliamentary aspirant Hon Ndawa Magdalene among other leaders set to defect to the party.