NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 27 – Senator David Musila has resigned as the Wiper Democratic Party Chairman, a day after Governor Julius Malombe was announced winner of the party’s Kitui nomination.
Musila blamed Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka for his loss in the contest and promised to consult his supporters on his next political move.
Musila claimed that the party leader ordered the results generated by the governor’s team be announced as legitimate.
The Senator insists he won after garnering 81,234 votes against Malombe’s 70,889 votes.
Media reports quoted the Returning Officer announcing that the Kitui Governor won the nominations after securing 88,382 votes while Musila got 74,308 votes.
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Musila resigns from Wiper after losing primaries to Malombe
Kitui Senator, David Musila, has resigned as the Chairperson and member of the Wiper Democratic Movement, just a day after Governor Julius Malombe was handed the party’s gubernatorial nomination ticket.
The governor was declared winner of Kitui’s Wiper Party gubernatorial ticket after garnering 88,382 votes against Musila’s 74,308 votes, results that the latter has refuted claiming that the exercise was marred with electoral malpractices including intimidation, violence and destruction of election materials.
Musila has since declared that he will be vying as an independent candidate in the county’s governorship race in the coming August Polls.
“I hereby declare that I have tendered my resignation as a member and the chair of Wiper Party,” said the Kitui Senator.
Senator Musila is alleging that the party leadership is bias against him by virtue of declaring his rival yet according to him, he is the authentic winner of the Wiper’s ticket.
“This is a party I founded along with other leaders but the behavior of the party leader clearly shows bias against me,” added Musila, who prior to 2013 General Election was representing Mwingi South constituents in the National Assembly since 1997.
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