Dejected and Frustrated.
This is what best captures the emotional setback of the army of supporters of Kajiado East MP Peris Tobiko whose bid for Kajiado Governorship has been thrown into disarray by her loss in the UDA primaries yesterday.
Ms Tobiko, who has christened herself the “Lioness of Kajiado politics”, lost the UDA primaries with a big margin to Kajiado South MP Katoo Ole Metito.
Now, anger is boiling in Ms Tobiko’s camp after it was discovered that supporters of former Governor David Nkedienye ganged up with supporters of Mr Metito in a grand plan to defeat her in the shambolic polls.
According to Nkedienye’s supporters, Ms Tobiko had to be stopped at the primaries to avoid dividing Kajiado East votes where both hail from.
The plot was hatched three weeks ago at a secret meeting between Nkedienye and Metito in which they agreed to “back each other as brothers.”
On the eve of the primaries, Nkedienye was quoted by a Kajiado online platform asking Kajiado residents to “reject the woman on offer at tomorrow’s primaries.”
Political online armies were shocked when Nkedienye’s post on the platform continued.” She is terrible human being and a bad example to our women. Resist her.”
The Nkedienye- Tobiko tiff ahead of the UDA primaries was calculated to eradicate her from the ballot and avoid a situation where her candidature would affect Nkedienye’s stake in their home ground of Kajiado East.
Nkedienye will battle it out with incumbent Governor Joseph Ole Lenku especially after Lenku joined Raila Odinga’s party, ODM.
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