Jubilee would have lost the Msambweni parliamentary seat in the forthcoming by-election and strained its relationship with ODM had it fielded a candidate. The legislator said had Jubilee opted to compete with ODM, it would have risked 70 votes in Parliament for one seat that the party would have probably lost. Wambugu said the Jubilee agenda is to unite the country and deliver services to the people and not to compete or show might. Jubilee was passing a message that politics is not about conflicts or about competition but about negotiations and compromise, he added. The party cannot field candidates just for the sake of it or use by-elections as a platform to compete for personal interests, Wambugu cautioned.

Source: The Star September 25, 2020 18:56 UTC