Kabete MP Ferdinand Waititu. Nairobi gubernatorial hopeful Miguna Miguna has observed that Kabogo's pride and arrogance dealt him a blow in the nomination [Photo: the-star.co.ke]
A Nairobi governor hopeful has revealed the reasons why Kiambu governor William Kabogo was trounced by Kabete lawmaker in the Jubilee primaries on Tuesday.
Speaking on JKL on Citizen TV on Wednesday, Miguna Miguna said that Waititu completely overpowered Kabogo by creating an alliance pitting the county's elected leaders against the masses at a time when Kabogo was busy making enemies, leaving him standing alone.He said that Waititu is humble and addressed the actual issues troubling Kiambu residents during the campaigns contrary to Kabogo whose camp was flaunting arrogance and pride.''Kabogo should now know that money does not win an election. Despite not having choppers or a massive campaign budget, Waititu still beat him because he spoke to Kiambu residents about the issues concerning them.”He added, “Kabogo, on the other hand, wasted most of his time boasting and questioning Waititu's credentials.Miguna explained that despite not investing as much as his counterpart in the campaigns, Waititu still managed to attract a majority of the people's hearts.''He did not have as much media coverage as Kabogo. Neither did he conduct door to door campaign but he still managed to woo the people to his side,'' said Miguna.This happened despite Kabogo's earlier confidence that he would maintain his seat but Waititu cut short his four consecutive election win records.Waititu garnered 353,604 votes against Kabogo's 69,916 in the exercise that was conducted in the 551 polling centres in the county.