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Jubilee Party through its Secretary General Raphael Tuju has conceded defeat after they lost in the recently concluded by-elections.
During an
interview with Citizen TV on Tuesday night, the party’s Secretary General
Raphael Tuju congratulated the winners of the Bonchari and Juja parliamentary
by-elections, as well as the Rurii Ward mini-poll.
Tuju said voter
apathy from the region which feels left out, particularly given that the
president is from there, was a major factor in Jubilee’s defeat in the polls.
“It was certainly apathy; people who feel that they have not benefited enough from the fact that the President comes from that region,” Tuju explained. “I take responsibility for not performing as well as we have performed in the past. “
He also accused their opponents of making derogatory remarks in the run-up to the election, especially about the region’s marginalization, which affected the voting pattern.
According to him, the by-election
dynamics were flawed, especially given the low voter turnout, particularly in
Juja, where only 18.9% of registered voters showed up.
“Those
who have won in the by-elections, a few wards where turnout was very low and
the dynamics are completely different with a general election, they have every
right to celebrate but we will be back,” Tuju promised on Tuesday.
Susan Njeri
Waititu of Jubilee trailed PEP candidate George Koimburi by a wide margin in
the fiercely contested Juja parliamentary by-election.
Koimburi secured
12,159 votes from the 184 polling stations in the constituency, with Jubilee’s
Njeri coming in second with 5,746 votes.
Candidate
Francis Muraya Githaiga of the DP-Ruto allied United Democratic Alliance (UDA)
won the Rurii ward in Nyandarua County, which is considered to be the backyard
of National Assembly Majority Leader Amos Kimunya.
In the Bonchari by-election, Jubilee’s Opore Zebedeo John came in second with 7,279 votes, while ODM’s Pavel Oimeke took the win with 8,049 votes.
Raila said in a
statement on Wednesday that elections are a chance for voters to express
themselves, not for politicians to pursue ‘imaginary and short-lived political
interests.’
“What we have witnessed in the by-elections in Bonchari and Juja is an abuse of police powers and an arrogant display of IMPUNITY by a few overzealous and bellicose government functionaries,”
“Security forces exist to serve the people and not the interests of those out to conduct political experiments.” Raila stated.
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