Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has officially decamped to the “Hustler” camp which is led by Deputy President William Ruto.
The county chief is currently in a closed-door meeting with the DP, the de facto leader of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.
20 ward representatives reportedly accompanied Waiguru to the DP’s official residence.
The governor had last month hinted at ditching the ruling Jubilee party for UDA ahead of the 2022 polls citing influence by Kirinyaga residents.
Addressing a roadside crowd in her county declared intentions to defend her seat amid speculations that she is eyeing a deputy president position.
She seemed to agree with their call to defend her seat on a UDA ticket.
The county boss had asked the crowd if they would re-elect her as governor and they responded in the affirmative.
Waiguru went ahead to ask the residents on which ticket she should seek re-election and they chanted UDA.
“If they ask me why I chose that party, I will tell them that the people of Kirinyaga picked it for me,” Waiguru said amid cheers from the crowd.
In an interview with Citizen TV on September 9, the county chief said the party leadership had lost touch with the vote-rich region.
“If I ran today on a Jubilee ticket and someone else ran on a different party, even if people felt I had performed, it would be hard to convince them to vote for me,” she added.
“Jubilee has a lot of work in revamping the party and we need to do it fairly fast, revamping the party and resonating with the people. People need that emotional connection to the party.”
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