Sources told The Weekly Vision that during the campaigns, Sakajja and Wanjiru had a fallout and the two campaigned against each other. It is widely speculated that the Luhya community in Nairobi overwhelmingly voted for Mr Sakajja for governor and Sifuna for Senator. It is for this reason that Wanjiru lost
The Senatorial aspirant for Nairobi County on the Kenya Kwanza ticket in the last general elections Bishop Margaret Wanjiru has been missing in action. The last time she was seen in a political set-up was when she conceded defeat to ODM’s Edwin Sifuna. Mr Sifuna, the ODM Secretary General was declared the winner after garnering 716,876 votes while Wanjiku garnered 554, 091 votes.
Analysts now say that Wanjiru’s devastating defeat could lead her to an early retirement from politics. The last time she won an elective seat was way back in 2007 when she won the Starehe parliamentary seat. In 2013, she contested the senatorial seat and lost the same in 2017 and 2022. Wanjiru’s close allies are said to have advised her to reconsider contesting the Starehe parliamentary seat in the 2027 elections or call it quits. According to analysts, the tribal arithmetic in the city worked against her, if the results are anything to go by. First, how come Johnson Sakajja got more votes than Wanjiru yet both were running on the same ticket and campaigned together as a team?
The difference between the votes Sakajja received and those cast in favour of Wanjiru was 162,785. What this means, therefore, is that 162,785 people voted for Sakajja in the gubernatorial race but did not vote for Wanjiru in the Senatorial race. Sources told The Weekly Vision that during the campaigns, Sakajja and Wanjiru had a fallout and the two campaigned against each other. It is widely speculated that the Luhya community in Nairobi overwhelmingly voted for Mr Sakajja for governor and Sifuna for Senator. It is for this reason that Wanjiru lost.
It is for this reason that Sifuna got 716,876 votes while Polycap Igathe got 573,518 votes. What this means is that 143,358 voters cast their votes for Sifuna but did not vote for Mr Igathe. Reports indicate that the Bishop had tried in vain to reach out to President William Ruto for consideration for a job in government immediately after he was sworn in but the move has failed. She had hoped to be considered for a ministerial position or Principal Secretary.
It had been widely expected that immediately after taking office, Ruto could have been invited for a thanksgiving service at Wanjiru’s Jesus Is Alive Ministry but this is yet to happen. With the two positions fully occupied now, the only honourable thing for the Bishop is to swallow humble pie and plot to run for a parliamentary seat in 2027 or quit politics altogether.
