Naivasha Bar owners deny Mututho claims

By Antony Gitonga                               

The Naivasha Bar Owners Association (NABOA) has denied allegation that they campaigned against former Mp John Mututho in the Naivasha parliamentary seat.

The association hit out at him saying that its chairman John Muraya was not the presiding officer of TNA nominations as alleged by Mututho.

They however confirmed Muraya was the coordinator of the TNA exercise in the area after the aspirants elected him. Speaking to the press in Naivasha, Muraya warmed Mututho to retract the statement and apologize failure to which he would sue him.

“The returning officer was Reverend Cosmas Kinyanjui and I don’t control the people of Naivasha on how to vote,” he said.
He termed Mututho as a good debater but a poor performer on the ground adding that the association had nothing to do with his lose.

Muraya termed Mututho’s allegations as kicks of a dying horse noting that his fight against illicit alcohol was proper but it had ended up hitting the licensed traders.

Mututho who was defeated in the TNA nominations accused the association for his woes saying that they had campaigned against him. He has since defected to NARC promised to continue with his war against illicit consumption of alcohol.

“The bar owners had put on a spirited fight against me over the alcohol control act but the fight will go on,” he said.
He defended his move to join NARC noting that he was still a member of the Jubilee coalition and a supporter of Uhuru Kenyatta.

According to him, he had beaten the IEBC deadline as he received his nomination certificate hours before the exercise came to a halt.

“I received my NARC certificate by Friday 9.30pm after paying Sh100,000 and I have proof of this,” he said. Mututho lost TNA nominations to John Kihagi who garnered 12,329 against 1,642 votes in a race that drew seven contestants.