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Mwaure: Why I didn't win August presidency

Says he is thankful for the opportunity even though he did not win.

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by JAMES MBAKA

News23 May 2023 - 11:01
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In Summary


  • Mwaure said he did not have enough capital to campaign.
  • He noted that running a presidential campaign needs adequate funding.
Agano party leader David Waihiga Mwaure.

Former Presidential aspirant and Agano party leader David Mwaure has opened up about his shot at the August 2022 polls.

Mwaure vied for the presidential post in the August 2022 elections and emerged number four.

Speaking on Tuesday at Spice FM, Mwaure said he is thankful for the opportunity even though he did not win.

"I do not think Kenyans were ready for a Kenyan like me, probably for the message I had," he said.

Mwaure said he did not have enough capital to campaign because running a presidential campaign needs adequate funding.

He added that he joined the presidential race late while others had already established their ground.

He, however, said that he did not give up until he passed the message he had to Kenyans.

"There were people who voted for me even when they could see that this good brother was not going to get it but they still woke up that morning and went to the ballot box and voted for the ideas and possibly somebody's future," he said.

After the polls, he acknowledged that President William Ruto won the 2022 general elections fair and square.

Mwaure recently landed a role in the government as the chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the National Environment Trust Fund.

He was appointed by Environment CS Soipan Tuya to work for a period of three years.

"In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 (3) of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry appoint David Mwaure to be the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the National Environment Trust Fund," the gazette notice read.

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