“They Lied To Him About Me” MC Jessy Explains Why He Lost The UDA Ticket For The MP Race

Jasper Muthomi, a comedian-turned-politician also known as MC Jessy, has discussed why he decided to run as an independent for the South Imenti parliamentary seat in the August elections after failing to get a spot on the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket.

Mwiti Kathaara was given a direct ticket to run for South Imenti’s parliamentary seat in April by the party led by Deputy President William Ruto, skipping MC Jessy.

The aspirant MP claims he was devastated when DP Ruto advised him to withdraw his candidacy for Kathaara, implying that the latter was the most popular choice among locals.

Jessy, however, believes that some UDA members diminished his influence in Meru County and informed DP Ruto that Kathaara was the most influential person in the county.

This, according to MC Jessy, was the main reason UDA passed him over.

“I was not tricked; somebody lied to the Deputy President about Jessy in South Imenti. He was not depending on his own knowledge. The Deputy President was depending on his soldiers so he assigned people to help him in getting candidates in all the areas,” said Jessy.

“Of course not every person that he trusted with the responsibility was honest, especially men. The person there was not honest to the DP. He went and lied to him about Jessy.”

Jessy claims that after losing out on the UDA ticket, DP Ruto offered him a position in his presidential campaign team, but he turned it down because it conflicted with his desire to help the people of South Imenti.

“That is not my vision, my dream is not there, my dream is in South Imenti. If I took the job how would I have helped the people of South Imenti?” He posed.

Later, during a face-to-face conversation with DP Ruto, Jessy notified the leader of the Kenya Kwanza alliance that he would continue to run for the seat as an independent.

“After some deliberation with DP Ruto, I told him that I wanted to go it alone and he wished me all the best,” said Jessy.

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