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Step Down Or Face Consequences; Sakaja Claims He Has Been Told To Step Down From Nairobi Gubernatorial Race

SK 2 years ago 3 min read

Johnson Sakaja, a senator from Nairobi, now says that agents have been dispatched to him to urge him to abandon his campaign for governor of the city or face unspecified consequences.

Sakaja claimed that his current struggles are solely political in nature since he displeased the ruling class when he made the discovery on Spice FM on Friday morning.

He stated that even last week, a fellow senator with whom he has had a very cordial relationship over the years wrote him a message suggesting that he get out of the race and all of his issues would be resolved.
While the procedure has kept him busy and maybe slowed down his campaign, Sakaja recognized that it has not even remotely reduced his urge to lead the city

“People have been sent to me, as recently as last week telling me ‘you know, it’s going to be very bad for you in cuffs, just go for holiday, say you’re sick, step down from this race and we’ll make all these things go away.’ And they’ve used very close friends, they’ve used a very close Senator to me,” he said.

“They warned me of consequences. So I’m not whining, I’m facing it head on. I know what’s happening, I know the plan, I understand the game so well. But ultimately we keep our eye on the prize. I just want to say emphatically that I will not step down, I am properly on the ballot and God willing I’ll get elected.”

He added: “I understand how these guys operate, that’s why I’m very calm. For the last 8/9 years I have been at the center of political strategy for that side. So I know who says what, who uses what approach, and who pushes what agenda.”

Sakaja once more included President Uhuru Kenyatta in his woes, claiming that he is now being treated harshly because of a political disagreement with him.

The MP claims he switched from the President Kenyatta-led Jubilee Party to Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance because he was aware of preparations to install a leader from a particular community to run for Nairobi governor (UDA)

“I guess I offended my former party, my former boss – who is still my boss because he’s the President – who could not understand why I would go to the party I went to. Some say that you never bite the hand that feeds you, and I acknowledged the journey we had gone through, but when that hand starts strangling you, you must scream,” he said.

“The same thing that they did to Tim Wanyonyi is what was due to me, if I stayed in that formation. Because their argument is that there is a political community that is saying that ‘if we’re supporting Raila for the presidency, we must get this position,’ and that was their balancing act.”

In response to why he thinks certain people are opposing his candidacy, Sakaja stated:

“Because Nairobi is important. And they realize that the only way they can win is by me not being on the ballot, and that’s their intention, for whatever nefarious plans they might have or good ones that they think I would not accomplish, and I tell them let the people decide.