The Mt Kenya Times 
Former cabinet minister and Starehe MP Maina Kamande
By Charles Kinyua
Former cabinet minister and Starehe MP Maina Kamande has called on Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni to stick to his political league.
Kamanda who is the chairman of Eminent Persons Council in the Rigathi Gachagua led party DCP warned Kioni to keep off the former Deputy President’s affairs and deal with Hesborn Obaga who is the new party’s Secretary Gwneral and thus his peer.
“Gachagua is in the league of Ruto, Uhuru, Kalonzo, Wamalwa and other national party leaders and not you,” Kamanda dismissed Kioni.
Speaking during a radio morning show on Kameme FM, the former minister who rose from a councillor to MP, assistant minister and finally to a cabinet minister alleged that the former Ndaragwa legislator was only interested in securing a running mate slot like he did in 2013 when he was Musalia Mudavadi’s running mate where they ended up coming a distant third after eventual winner Uhuru Kenyatta and runner up Raila Odinga.
He should ask himself why his party leader does not delegate responsibilities when opposition leaders meet instead gets Saitoti Torome to represent him,” charged Kamanda.
Asked whether he was still into elective politics, the veteran politician answered in the negative clarifying that his role and his 10 member team shall be advisory and resource mobilisation.
On the new political party’s prospects, he beamed with confidence vowing to ensure that the party was the most popular nationally noting that in the first four days of existence it had a membership of 1.4 million.
“I advice opposition leaders not to be overly worried9 over the composition of IEBC as its citizens who will vote and the margin shall be huge. He (president) can even appoint members of his family but he wall not overcome the will of the people,” declared the former minister.
The former Starehe MP trashed the much hyped empowerment programme by Kenya Kwanza leaders which he dismissed as disguised handouts that only translate to bribery.
He advised ODM leader to join him in retirement or risk destroying his legacy that he has fought for for almost half century.
Asked whether their new party will accept defectors from the government closer to elections, he assured that all would be welcome but whether they would be elected rested on the shoulders of the citizens.
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