Maendeleo Chap Chap leader Alfred Mutua receives Gitobu Imanyara to the party on March 23, 2017. PHOTO: the-star.co.ke
Lawyer Gitobu Imanyara has declared his support for Jubilee Party candidate, President Uhuru Kenyatta, ahead of August general election.
Imanyara recently ditched Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and joined Maendeleo Chap Chap.
The former Central Imenti Member of Parliament defended his move, saying it is his wish and that of his constituents that he works for them while in the government and not in the opposition.
“We are supportive of the new Constitution and therefore there is no room for the opposition. We are also supportive of President Kenyatta’s re-election because that is the will of my people,” he said on Sunday during a rally at Githongo stadium, Meru County.
Imanyara will be seeking to occupy the Central Imenti parliamentary seat.
He accuse the incumbent Gideon Mwiti of failing to deliver on his pledges to the constituents.
Imanyara said there were no tangible projects launched by Mwiti.
“Most of them are still at the same level I left them. We cannot allow the reputation of our constituency to continue deteriorating. We must have proper change, which I am bringing on board,” he said as quoted by The Nation.