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Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has warned politicians from basing their 2022 political success on their wins in the recent by-elections that were held in the country.
In his statement, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Deputy Party Leader said that history of Kenya reveals that by-election outcome has never been replicated in a general election.
“In the elections scheduled for 2022, Kenyans will not be guided by what happened in the Juja, Bonchari and Rurii by-elections,”
“That reality should make us sober up, put those by-elections in the past and focus on what really matters to Kenyans right now,” Governor Joho said.
The governor urged leaders and Kenyans at large to pay attention to pressing needs such as the ravaging pandemic rather than focusing their discourse on the just concluded mini-polls.
He further urged both the winners and the losers to end their celebrations and blame games over the by-elections and focus on uniting Kenyans.
“The country cries for the unity of purpose. We have no option to provide it whether we won or lost in the by-elections,” Joho said.
His remarks were echoed by Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga in a message he had shared on his social media page over the just concluded by-elections in Bonchari, Rurii and Juja.
Raila’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party candidate won the Bonchari seat, Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party candidate emerged victory in Rurii ward and Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria’s PEP party clinched the Juja constituency seat.
The winners of the by-elections emerged with the bragging rights saying had claimed that the by-election results paint a picture of 2022 general elections.
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