[President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto when they received defectors to Jubilee Party at the Tononoka grounds. A political analyst contends that he is using a wrong approach in wooing coastal voters. Photo/Citizen Tv]
Tacts employed by the Jubilee Party to win the Coastal region political support could be the party's greatest undoing, political analyst Kazungu Katana has warned.
In a lengthy opinion editorial published with the Star on Wednesday, Katana noted that despite Jubilee Party harvesting a lot of politicians who have ditched the Opposition, the defections could be inconsequential and may not translate to votes.
"If defections could translate into votes, JP would indeed win the Coast. Unfortunately, this maynot necessarily be the case. The battle for political supremacy at the Coast is between JP and ODM," he said.
He argued that the Jubilee administration has failed to address pertinent challenges facing the Coastal people, including failure by the government to revive stalled industries and alleviating hunger facing the region.
"As JP leaders crisscrossed the Coast drumming up support, hundreds of people went hungry inthe remote parts of the region. This was an opportunity for the national government to show it cares and actually feed the hungry," he noted.
"JP leaders have missed one other significant point. For years, coastal communities have requested, without success, the revival of stalled local industries," he added.