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Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has joined the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) led by Deputy President William Ruto.
The Governor, who will be defending her seat in 2022, was welcomed to the ‘hustler movement’ on Today morning following a meeting with DP Ruto at his official residence in Karen.
“Wale watu ambao tunatuhudumia kule mashinani wote wametuambia chama ni UDA na form ni hustler…,” said Waiguru at Karen.
She was accompanied by a group of about 23 Kirinyaga Members of County Assembly.
Governor Waiguru’s political allegiance has in the recent remained a subject of speculation, after she defending her seat on a Jubilee ticket would be an uphill task.
She claimed that the Mt Kenya region is dissatisfied with how the party has been run over the last five years.
“If I ran today on a Jubilee ticket and someone else ran on a different party, even if people felt I had performed, it would be hard to convince them to vote for me,” Waiguru said last month.
While Waiguru had remained tight-lipped on her next political move, she had earlier given an indication that she was considering joining the DP Ruto-led political movement.
While addressing members of public at Thiba area in Mwea Constituency last month, the governor asked the crowd whether they would re-elect her as Governor of Kirinyaga County and they responded on the affirmative.
She went ahead to ask them twice on which ticket she should seek re-election and they chanted UDA.
Meanwhile, it remains to be seen how Waiguru will battle it out with her political rival; Kirinyaga Woman Representative Purity Ngirici, who is also in UDA and is seeking to defeat her and become Governor in 2022.