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Ruto Welcomes Azimio La Umoja’s Embakasi East’s MP Candidate To UDA

SK 2 years ago 1 min read

Embakasi East MP candidate Maina Waruinge has been welcomed to UDA by Deputy President William Ruto.

Waruinge was running on behalf of the Jubilee party, which is a part of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition.
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“Embakasi East Jubilee MP aspirant Maina Waruinge quits the race and defects to UDA to support Francis Mureithi,” DP Ruto announced.⁣
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Just seven days before the August 9 general election, the former Azimio lawmaker withdrew from the contest.

Following his statement, incumbent MP Babu Owino disregarded Waruinge’s withdrawal.

⁣“Even if you (Ruto), you would not stand a chance against me,” Owino said.⁣
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The UDA candidate Muerithi ran for office in 2017 on the Jubilee party ticket but was defeated by the incumbent MP. ⁣

Recently Mureithi was detained at his house in July 2022 after being charged with being a party to a Western traffic accident.

He was detained due to a problem in Western Kenya, but our team is looking into it. While he was at home, he was detained in Nairobi over night.
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“He will be arraigned in Western but Police have not communicated. Our lawyers are still trying to find out. We saw the police arrest without giving full information so we are still trying to find out,” said, UDA communications representative Wanjohi Githae explained at the time.⁣
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Owino defeated Mureithi for the Embakasi East parliamentary seat when the Kenyan Supreme Court upheld Owino’s victory in the general election of 2017.