Blow to Governor Kananu, Bishop Wanjiru, Kagure as Mount Kenya Elders Bless Ngatia Nairobi’s Top Job

Elders from Mount Kenya region based in Nairobi have blessed and backed the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) president Richard Ngatia in his race to City Hall.

The elders drawn from Nairobi’s ten sub counties met and unanimously endorsed their son Ngatia to go for the Nairobi gubernatorial seat.

The endorsement is a big blow to other candidates from the Mount Kenya region seeking for Nairobi’s top job.

They include current Nairobi Governor Ann Kananu, insurance executive Grace Kigure and the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) gubernatorial candidate a former Housing assistant minister Bishop Margaret Wanjiru.
“As the elders of Mount Kenya region hereby endorse Ngatia as our preferred candidate from Mount Kenya and therefore give him our blessings to run for Nairobi’s governorship. Our wishes and prayers are with the chamber of commerce boss,” they declared.

The elders said that they believed in Ngatia given his maturity and leadership experience in being their points man in the city and in making Nairobi restore its past lost glory.
They said their endorsement does not mean that Ngatia will be their tribal kingpin but will be the leader of all Nairobians irrespective of tribe, race, age, gender, religion or political affiliation.

Ngatia thanked the ‘Wazee’ in believing in him and promised them that he will not disappoint them in leading Nairobi.

Ngatia said he was firmly behind the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader and opposition chief Raila Odinga for the presidency and urged the Mount Kenya region to pay back the former Prime Minister’s debt by electing him.
“Raila put aside his ambitions to support Mwai Kibaki who is one of our own for the presidency in 2002 and now our turn to return favour to Raila,” said Ngatia.