Former nominated MCA Virginia Wamaitha will be the Jubilee candidate for the vacant Lakeview ward seat in Naivasha in the coming by-elections.
This is after she trounced three other candidates for the nominations that were marred by poor turn-out with 1,633 of the over 24,000 registered voters in the ward turning up for the exercise.
The seat fell vacant in November last year following the death of area MCA John Njuguna Wassusy following a short illness.
Earlier, officials of the Jubilee party bowed to public pressure and agreed to hold nominations for the vacant seat.
This is after the party lost the Lakeview ward seat in Naivasha in the by-elections held in December after imposing a candidate on the electorate.
In the Hellsgate nominations Wamaitha garnered 560 votes followed closely by Kiguru Kimani (480) while Felister Cheptum the wife of the late MCA managed to get 194 votes.
Wamaitha will face it out with over five other aspirants in the by-election slated for 4th March with UDA candidate and former area MCA Jonathan Warothe among the top-contenders.
While thanking the electorate, Wamaitha said that party was keen to rediscover its lost glory in the coming by-elections.
She said that the real campaign had kicked off adding that she was ready to face-off with other candidates for the vast ward.
“I thank all who turned up despite the low numbers and its time that we supported the ruling party so that it can regain this seat,” she said.
Speaking earlier, Naivasha MP Jane Kihara said that Jubilee party was tainted and no one wanted to be associated with it following the controversial by-elections in Lakeview.
“We have for years supported Jubilee but we were kicked out unceremoniously and our positions handed over to ODM and the Lakeview loss was a major win for us,” she said.
Kihara who celebrated the party’s loss termed Jubilee as a ‘dead-party’ led by dictators who would not reason or listen to other leaders.
“Very few people want to be associated with Jubilee as voters in Hellsgate ward head to the by elections and this says a lot about the crumbling party,” she said.