Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro with a resident at Kahatia Secondary School.A day after state officers boycotted an event organised by
Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro near Murang'a town, residents have now called on him to
vie for the presidency.
The residents who spoke at Kahatia Secondary School during the commissioning of a multi-purpose hall constructed by
the NGCDF said the MP's development record speaks for itself and is sufficient
to propel him to the top seat.
The debate was sparked by Murarandia MCA Peter Munga who
said that after serving for two terms, the MP should consider seeking a higher
position, a statement that was loudly cheered by hundreds of parents in
attendance.
"Asimame kiti ya President ama asisimame?" The MCA asked as the resident resounded a unanimous "Asimame!"
The first-term MCA appealed to residents to consider
supporting him for the Kiharu MP seat when Nyoro officially launches his
presidential bid.
Peter Kihara, another resident, said Nyoro has effected
enormous development in the constituency and that he would do well as the
president.
"Even before he ascended to the chairmanship of the budget
committee in the national assembly, he was still doing projects with the NGCDF.
He's the best MP we have had here," he said.
Kihara said should the MP declare interest for the
presidency, they will throw their weight behind him and that he'd leave shoes
too big to fill.
Kiama Muturi, who contested for the seat against the MP in
2022, also backed calls for Nyoro to vie for the top seat.
Kahatia Secondary School parents during a meeting to commission a multi-purpose hall."If in the next two years you decide to go another
direction, you can count on our support," Muturi, also the son of former
area MP BC Muturi Mwangi, said.
But when he rose to address the parents, Nyoro said time has
not yet come to make political decisions, saying that his priority right now is
to continue implementing projects.
He said time will come to play politics but remained
non-committal on whether he has ambitions to vie for the seat.
"I know how it is now. When you look at me, do you
think I can’t see what's happening? Even though you see me remain silent... Let
us first install more tiles in our classrooms," Nyoro said amid more
cheers.
"And I have many friends. Soon, I'll be going to Taita
Taveta to launch a Masomo Bora programme similar to the one we're doing here.
Later, I'll go to West Pokot and see how different it is from Kiharu," he
said in reference to a programme that feeds day school learners and subsidises
their termly fees.
"My father lived in Kiandutu slums in Thika. We lived
in a house with big enough spaces on the wall that one would see outside. Can
someone with such a history be intimidated?" He wondered.
The second-term MP was a close ally of President William Ruto and was part of his Sky Team for presidential campaigns.
Nyoro visited regions such as Uasin Gishu, Embu, Laikipia, Garissa and Bungoma, among others, often representing the President in fundraisers.
