[Mombasa businessman and gubernatorial hopeful Suleiman Shahbal. He says senator Hassan Omar is inexperienced to lead the coastal city. Photo/NATION]
Mombasa businessman and gubernatorial hopeful Suleiman Shahbal has said Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar is inexperienced to lead the Coastal city.
Shahbal lashed out at Senator Omar who had earlier stated that Shahbal was not qualified enough to be Mombasa governor.
Omar alleged that Shahbal, who is also a banker by profession is only qualified to be the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
“I am glad that Omar recognises my experience in banking and that I have the capacity to be the CBK governor. But the problem with him is that he has never run a business in his life,” Shahbal observed on Thursday.
“What he knows is activism after working with human rights groups. The work of Mombasa Governor needs somebody like me who has vast knowledge in how institutions operate,” he added.
Shahbal is eyeing the Mombasa governorship seat on a Jubilee Party ticket, and he is set to battle it out with the incumbent governor Ali Hassan Joho (ODM), Senator Omar (Wiper) and Nyali MP Hezron Awiti of Vibrant Democratic Party.