Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has clarified on earlier media reports linking Celebrity Jackson Ngechu Makini aka CMB Prezzo to the vacant Kibra Parliamentary seat as their candidate.
Reports were out the Party had settled on Prezzo as its flagbearer. However, Kalonzo clarified that Prezzo will be vying for the Kibra Parliamentary seat in 2022 and not the November 7th by elections as earlier reported.
“Prezzo intends to vie in Kibra Constituency in the 2022 General Election” Kalonzo said in a tweet.
Today at the Wiper Democratic Movement Headquarters I received Jackson Ngechu Makini aka CMB Prezzo who joined the Wiper Movement officially.
Prezzo intends to vie in Kibra Constituency in the 2022 General Elections. pic.twitter.com/P9oSyHKybZ
— Kalonzo Musyoka (@skmusyoka) September 10, 2019
Wiper Democratic Party also issued a statement on the same with the Party revealing that it will not be fielding any candidate in the Kibra by elections.
“Our attention has been drawn to reports that the Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya will be fielding Jackson Ngechu Makini, aka CMB Prezzo, as its candidate for the Kibra Constituency by-election. The true position is that the WDM-K is not fielding any candidate in the by-election,” read the statement by WDM K to newsrooms” it said.
The Party added: “While it is true that CMB Prezzo was today received by the WDM-K Party Leader Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka as the newest member of the Party, he has no intention of vying for the seat at this time but in 2022”.