Muranga Woman Rep and a member of the Azimio Council Sabina Chege says voters from the populous Mt Kenya region are for the first time fully behind Raila Odinga and will overwhelmingly vote for him as President in the coming elections.
Speaking on Sunday night in Washington DC at a meeting Kenyans in the US, the Azimio Council member said the former prime minister had managed convince Central Kenya he is the steady hands able to take over from President Uhuru Kenyatta once his term elapses in August.
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”From Central Kenya I would like to confirm, for the first time in the history of Kenya, we are going to vote for Baba,” she said.
Also accompanying Mr. Odinga on his tour are Governors Wycliffe Oparanya (Kakamega), James Ongwae (Kisii), Ndiritu Muriithi (Laikipia), Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua and former head of Public Service Sally Kosgey.
Others are National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi, MPs Richard Tongi (Nyaribari Chache), Memusi Kanchory (Kajiado Central), and Esther Passaris (Nairobi Woman Representative).
Homabay Town MP Opondo Kaluma, Homabay Senator Moses Kajwang’, Kathiani MP Robert Mbui and former Kenya Ambassador to the US Elkanah Odembo are also in the entourage.
