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VIDEO: Teacher Hits Campaign Trail On His Bicycle, Wants Nakuru Governorship
As other applicants eyeing the Nakuru governor seat use billboards, vehicles and bills to crusade, 26- time-old Ibrahim Karanja moves around on his bike.
Mr Karanja wakes up at 6 am and starts cycling to several places within the county on a match the people stint.
While other campaigners have billboards placed in strategic locales across the county’s 11 constituencies, he has none except one bill mounted on his bike.
Mr Karanja, a schoolteacher, holds a Bachelorette’s Degree in Education, Mathematics and Biology from Chuka University.
He’s presently pursuing Masters in Leadership.
The Standard caught up with him on Saturday morning as he was cycling along the busy Kenyatta Avenue in Nakuru city.
On the bike is a movable public address system with a pre-recorded communication contending with the residers to bounce for him.
Mr Karanja, who’s fighting as an Independent seeker hopes that his musketeers, family and sympathizers will help him raise the Sh25, freights needed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to vie for the governor’s seat.
He revealed that he has raised the Sh2, freights needed for concurrence to vie as an independent seeker.
Mr Karanja called for reason in juggernauts, noting that numerous applicants use a lot of plutocrat during juggernauts, raising questions of how they intend to recover the same.
He decided to vie for guardianship despite being advised to go for MCA seat. The applicant promised to address issues affecting youth and women, especially severance.
Mr Karanja promised to set up Saccos to enable youth access loans to start businesses.
He noted that a graduate who wants to start a business in the county feels burdened by the capital, stock, rent, and at the same time licences.
Mr Karanja believes Wanjiku has the final say-so and indeed though he respects those supposed frontrunners in the race, he’s sure that their plutocrat and support from top politicians is nothing without Wanjiku’s blessing.
Karanja is also seeking support through social media.
Mr Derick Okumu, a occupant, said that as a youth, the applicant has challenged him not to depend on handouts to develop himself.
He prompted the youth to interrogate applicants’manifestos first rather of being swayed by handouts during juggernauts.
As Mr Karanja does another round within the city, he’s confident that his voice is being heard.
Deputy President William Ruto has vowed to that his government if given the mandate to lead the country in the August 9 polls will deal with hands-on with ‘State capture.’
According to the Presidential candidate, state policies are being used to facilitate the theft of public funds as corruption had been absorbed into government.
DP William Ruto made these calims while speaking to the Reuters in an interview.
“We have no intention of prosecuting President Uhuru Kenyatta, but we have every intention of dealing with State capture. It cannot be business as usual,” the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate said.
DP Ruto’s running mate, Rigathi Gachagua also alluded to said State capture, saying those involved will be dealt with should Kenya Kwanza form the next government.
“We will not go after individuals. We will go after all those in state capture and conflict of interest,” Gachagua said in a joint media broadcast.
The Mathira MP vaguely explained that it was “people in power who have used or are using their offices to use up public resources to their advantage,” when asked who or what State capture was.
The DP has also revealed plans of bringing to end the Kenya’s national debt, which currently stands at Sh9 trillion, in an exclusive interview with international media.
He said the country has the capacity to handle the debt situation, and that they as Kenya Kwanza have mapped out plans of how to go about it, should they win.
“We will put the brakes on more borrowing. It may not come to zero but we will begin the journey to slow down on more borrowing,” the DP said.
Campaigns hit fever pitch and candidates scramble for airtime to sell their agendas with just eighteen (18) days left as Kenya will soon be headed to the General Election.
Sonko has increased the intense in the race for Mombasa county which already has aspirants from the UDA and ODM parties.
Sonko has finally been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to contest for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat.
On Thursday, July 14 2022, Sonko in the accompany of his supporters was given the green light.
The former Nairobi governor was invited by the IEBC to submit his letter for clearance as per a letter addressed to him earlier.
“The venue will be the IEBC Mombasa County offices and you are expected to submit your papers on July 14, 2022 between 2pm and 4pm,” Swalha Ibrahim the returning officer said.
The letter to Sonko came after a high court ruled that the politician doesn’t be disqualified from vying for governor noting that the governor was eligible to run for office. The commission said it could not head to the courts to appeal the decision as time could not allow.
Addressing the media after the clearance, Sonko said his candidature seeks to solve the problems of the people in the Coastal city and that he was bringing a new awakening in the city.
Sonko said he was not worried about the short time time line he has to undertake the campaigns in the large city noting that he was drawing a campaign schedule to begin immediately.
“We must campaign, we have few days but we will utilize them properly. We can do two days per constituency or a day per constituency,” Sonko noted.
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