Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago at a past event. [Photo: Joe Khisa]
Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago has lamented that the media has been unfairly portraying the county as a violence hotspot during every election period since the 2007 post-election violence.
Uasin Gishu was among the most affected areas following the ethnic skirmishes that left over 1,000 people dead, 600,000 displaced and millions of property destroyed.
Speaking in Eldoret on Sunday, Mandago said the county had moved away from the hotspot tag.
"In 2022 I don't want to hear any media or any other person talking about Uasin Gishu being a hotspot because we transformed our image from that long time ago," Mandago said.
"The rest of Kenyans should borrow from us because here we have both NASA and Jubilee supporters. Those of NASA decided they won't vote and remained at home without demonstrating and the Jubilee ones went to vote and never questioned those who didn't vote," he added.
The Jubilee allied governor pointed out that things are back to normal in the county following the controversial repeat poll and asked the rest of the country to emulate Uasin Gishu residents.