NAKURU SPEAKER TELLS YOUTH TO REGISTER AS VOTERS AS SHE EYES SENATORIAL SEAT

NAKURU SPEAKER TELLS YOUTH TO REGISTER AS VOTERS AS SHE EYES SENATORIAL SEAT

BY JEFFERSON KIPKEMOI.

Nakuru county Assembly speaker Susan Kihika has called on youth from the county to register as voters in the ongoing voter registration exercise that started on 15^th February and ends 15^th March this year.

Ms. Kihika reiterated her position that she will be vying for the position of Nakuru county senator in the next general election.

Her bid has received a massive boost following an earlier decision by the current Senator James Mungai declaring that he will be going for the governor’s seat in the next poll.  

The Speaker who is seen as a youthful face in the region’s senatorial seat will face off with Mr. Madaraka Mwithaga, son of Mark Mwithaga a former Nakuru Town MP.

She dismissed reports that she has bowed out of the senatorial seat race and was planning to vie for the woman representative’s seat.

“I will be in the Senatorial race and there is no turning back because my name be at the ballot paper on August 8, 2017 elections.” she said.

She added, “Those peddling lies and propaganda that I have opted to go for the woman representative’s seat are known perennial political losers should be prepared for a big battle in the senate race.

Ms. Kihika the daughter of former Nakuru North MP Dixon Kihika Kimani, is expected to face stiff competition from Mr. Madaraka Mwithaga the son of former Nakuru Town MP Mark Mwithaga.

She declared that some of the allegations leveled towards her were done by male ‘cowards’ and political losers who have never won any political contests and were out to confuse her voters but that will not stop her vying for the senatorial seat.