Starehe MP Maina Kamanda has dismissed claims that the Jubilee coalition has already endorsed a candidate for the Nairobi gubernatorial seat.
Speaking at a Nairobi hotel during a meeting convened by Nairobi Jubilee lawmakers eying the gubernatorial seat, Kamanda maintained that no aspirant should expect special treatment from the ruling coalition.
“We as MPs elected on Jubilee ticket have no preferred candidate. All of them are equal according to us,” said Kamanda.
Kamanda also told off some aspirants who are spreading the rumour that the President and his Deputy have already selected a preferred candidate.
“I speak to the DP and I want to tell all Nairobians that he is not supporting anybody. Those people invoking his name either have a problem or they have sensed defeat,” said Kamanda.
The meeting was attended by Water CS Eugene Wamalwa, former Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru, and MPs Maina Kamanda (Starehe), George Theuri (Embakasi West), James Gakuya (Embakasi North), and Yusuf Hassan (Kamukunji).
However, Senator Mike Sonko, Dagoretti South MP Dennis Waweru and nominated MP Johnson Sakaja, all who have expressed interest in Nairobi gubernatorial skipped the meeting.