Prison officers resign, join Kalonzo party

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The Director of Operations, Wiper Democratic Party (WDP) Peterson Mthathai (centre) receives Rev Moses Mabonga who resigned as Chief Inspector of Prisons to contest the Bumula parliamentary seat on a WDP ticket. Looking on is Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka  VPPS

By ISAAC ONGIRI iongiri@ke.nationmedia.com and VPPS
Posted  Wednesday, September 5  2012 at  14:54

IN SUMMARY

• Rev Moses Mabonga, who was the Chief Inspector of Prisons, will contest the Bumula parliamentary seat in Bungoma County.
• Kenneth Simiyu, who was head of procurement at the Prisons Department, will contest the Saboti Parliamentary seat in Trans Nzoia County.
• Mr Musyoka promises aspirants a fair nomination process warning that no one in the party will be given direct nomination.

Two senior Kenya Prisons officers who resigned to contest the next General Election have joined Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Democratic Party.

Rev Moses Mabonga, who was the Chief Inspector of Prisons, will contest the Bumula parliamentary seat in Bungoma County.

He will seek to oust area MP and Lands assistant minister Bifwoli Wakoli.

Kenneth Simiyu, who was head of procurement at the Prisons Department, will contest the Saboti Parliamentary seat in Trans Nzoia County.

Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa, the area MP, has indicated he will vie for the presidency.

The VP also received Julia Eku, who quit the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to join politics.

Ms Eku announced she will run for the Trans Nzoia County women representative’s position on a WDP ticket.

Fair nomination process

Mr Musyoka promised the aspirants a fair nomination process warning that nobody in the party will be given direct nomination.

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"All of us are going to be the same and nobody will be awarded a free ticket to contest. We are going to be fair to all candidates,” he said during a news conference at his Jogoo House office, Nairobi Wednesday.

Already, former government spokesman Alfred Mutua and former National Water Resources Management Authority chairman Francis Nyenze have joined the party after quitting their government posts.

"We are also expecting Lucas Maitha, who has been chairman of the Betting and Licensing Control Board, to join us very soon,” Mr Musyoka said.

However, Eldoret North MP William Ruto told the Nation that Mr Maitha has already joined his United Republican Party (URP)

"Mr Maitha of the Betting and Licensing Board has already joined our party in fact he is an official already,” Mr Ruto said.

He said that former Kakamega Regional Commissioner Wisdom Mwamburi, who is running for governorship in Taita Taveta, former Higher Education Loans Board chief executive officer Benjamin Cheboi and Eldoret Polytechnic Principal Cleophas Lagat have joined URP.