Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka with youths at a past function [Photo/tuko.co.ke]
Kalonzo Musyoka’s party Wiper Democratic Movement Kenya is the only party that has not recycled nominees according to party Secretary General Senator Hassan Omar. The gubernatorial aspirant confirmed that in the quest to factor in disadvantaged groups in society, a fresh graduate has been nominated. He confirmed that all other partiers including ODM and Jubilee prioritized girlfriends, financiers and friends.
"In the Mombasa assembly, a 23-year old university graduate has been nominated. We were even thinking of nominating a female journalist but she was reluctant. She said she was still building her career. This [prioritizing the under-privileged] is the kind of nomination we are bringing on board,” Omar said as quoted by the Star.
The senator who is seeking to unseat Raila Odinga’s deputy party leader on a Wiper party ticket faulted other parties for ignoring women, youths, marginalized groups and those living with disabilities.
“People who had means, capacity and resources to win elections were allowed to vie but did not qualify for this special group,” the Senator said on Friday during the Senate and Kenya Editors Guild at English leadership retreat at English Point Marina.
The Mombasa Senator also questioned the struggle to give NASA and Jubilee fair coverage yet Jubilee does not have what to tell Kenyans.
“I see you really struggling to give Jubilee and NASA three minutes of airtime each during the news hour. This is not fair coverage. You don’t have to put Jubilee in if it has said nothing,” Omar said.