Former Gatanga Member of Parliament, Peter Kenneth, might soon join the growing list of aspirants for Nairobi’s gubernatorial seat, if he heeds the pleas of Nairobians on social media.
A hashtag #IwantPK4Nairobi has been trending for the better part of Thursday with Kenyans on Twitter urging the former presidential candidate in the last general elections to run for the city’s top job.
Within hours after it first appeared, the hashtag has been shared and retweeted thousands of times to become the number one trending hashtag in Kenya.
Apart from Nairobi, youths in Muranga recently asked the former legislator to consider running for governor in their constituency.
Mr Kenneth impressed many during the last elections when he ran for president with his development-based politics political ideologies.
Here are some of the tweets and why Nairobi residents want Mr Kenneth to be the next governor of Nairobi:
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Mwangi Francis® @Rtmwangifrancis
WITH THE THINGS THIS MAN DID IN GATANGA AS THEIR MP AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE THINGS HE CAN DO IN THE CITY
#IWANTPK4NAIROBI
3:07 AM – 6 Oct 2016
66 RETWEETS
44 LIKES
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Wa-MaThaNgaNia @Muhahami
#IWANTPK4NAIROBI
PETER KENNETH FOR NAIROBI COUNTY GOVERNOR WOULD BE THE PRESCRIPTION THAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED!
3:10 AM – 6 Oct 2016
2121 RETWEETS
1414 LIKES
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Simon @simotechy
#IWANTPK4NAIROBI BUT I STILL COUNT HIM FIT FOR PRESIDENCY. HE IS AS CLEAN AS SNOW AND DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED
3:15 AM – 6 Oct 2016
11 RETWEET
11 LIKE
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Atanas @atanasi_
PETER KENNETH WAS RANKED THE BEST MP WHEN HE SERVED PEOPLE OF GATHANGA CONSTITUENCY. HE’LL UPLIFT NAIROBI COUNTY’S GLORY#IWANTPK4NAIROBI
3:17 AM – 6 Oct 2016
9393 RETWEETS
5252 LIKES
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Kevin is Munyui © @Kevinmunyui
A MAN WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN GOOD GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT #IWANTPK4NAIROBI
Source – nairobinews.nation.co.ke
