A good number of them have declared interest in the presidency, either for real or to raise their stakes, while others have kept off the debate as many more brood over the same. The prospects of one becoming a prime minister are beginning to open them to ideas of running for parliamentary seats.
But to get the prime minister position, one has to first contest for a parliamentary seat before being appointed by the president, according to the draft Bill that is being spearheaded by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
But the announcement by Joho might jolt the undecided to make clearer their plans lest they miss out spoils of the first charge.
THE STANDARD By
Stanley Ongwae |
December 25th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Governor John Nyagarama’s family, led by his widow Naomi (second right), watch as his body is removed from a police chopper at his Riamanoti rural home in Nyamira County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday sent for a missing memorandum that the late John Nyagarama failed to read after being heckled during a presidential event two months ago.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga and Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i asked Nyamira County leaders to find the document, which remained in the hands of the governor, and give it to the president.