Sabina Chege has said she shelved an offer to be Nairobi Deputy Governor in the 2022 general election to support former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
While speaking during an interview with Inooro TV on Sunday, February 19, the nominated MP stated that other Jubilee leaders with proven track records were unable to reclaim their seats due to their political stance.
“I had an offer to be Nairobi Deputy Governor, but I left that to ensure that our leader (Uhuru) would finish his tenure properly and did not exit in shame,” Sabina said.
Moreover, Sabina, while defending her recent visit to the State House, noted that if she had other interests during the previous elections, she would have contested for a political seat under the UDA party.
“It hurts when people call us sellouts, if I had gone to UDA, I would have got a very big seat. Today I would be an elected leader, and even if I would not have won, you have seen how this party has rewarded its supporters,” she added.
She also defended her decision to support the Kenya Kwanza administration despite being a member of the Azimio Coalition.
The legislator said that she made her resolution after much contemplation and decided to be part of the solution rather than the problem.
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According to Sabina Chege those accusing a section of group of Jubilee MPs of betrayal for pledging support for the president were wrong.
Furthermore, Sabina alleged that some quarters have accused some legislators of accepting bribes ranging from Ksh.50,000 to Ksh.1,000,000.
“So, it is not right to say that I was invited to State House for a handout of Ksh,50,000, or 100,000, that money is not even enough for my daily needs which are so many. Ksh. 50,000 or 100,000 cannot make me change my stand,” the legislator argued.
According to Sabina, Jubilee’s loss in the recent elections was mostly due to a lack of proper planning. Adding that the party had strong top leadership but ignored the grassroots, which was most important.
“We had a very strong top but were very weak in the grassroots, like there are times we went to Murang’a and after a rally, no one would be left in that village taking about Jubilee,” she noted.