Singer Kelvin Kioko aka Bahati has been asked by the Azimio coalition to step down for an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate in Mathare parliamentary race.
ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna said that its candidate Aluoch is preferred to compete for the seat and that Bahati, who was running on a Jubilee ticket, will step aside.
Following Bahati’s withdrawal from the race, according to Sifuna, the winner of the August elections will be given an alternative position in the Azimio-One Kenya organization.
“Our colleagues from Jubilee will be presenting their candidates from eight constituencies and those from ODM will present some from eight constituencies,” said Sifuna.
“Zoning was done perfectly even here in Mathare we have agreed that its an ODM zone. We only have one candidate in Mathare and that is Anthony Oluoch, this young man called Bahati is my younger brother and we will talk. I will make sure that we find him another position within the Azimio government.”
Rachel Shebesh of the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs requested that Bahati put his dreams on hold.
Shebesh claims that even Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi put his political aspirations on hold in order to support Igathe, who is currently Azimio’s first choice for the position of Nairobi governor.
” We have talked with Bahati several times asking him to work with us in the lager government. Bahati you are not even at the level of Tim Wanyonyi who dropped his bid to be Nairobi governor, ” Shebesh said.
