Battle for City Hall: Inside Nairobi’s high-stakes governor seat

Sakaja, Karauri and Aladwa appear set for a bruising battle for ODM's ticket.

Top row: Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja (left), Embakasi East MP Babu Owino , Embakasi North MP James Gakuya and Makadara MP George Aladwa. Bottom row from left: Former Principal Secretary Irungu Nyakera, former Starehe MP, Bishop Margaret Wanjiru, Kasarani MP Ronald Karauri and businesswoman Agnes Kagure.

From the boardroom to the cockpit, from Parliament and the pulpit, Nairobi’s gubernatorial race is attracting an eclectic cast of aspirants seeking control of Kenya’s political and economic capital.

Governor Johnson Sakaja, former pilot and Kasarani MP Ronald Karauri, as well as Makadara MP George Aladwa, who are all eying the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket, have already turned the party’s nominations into a potentially bruising contest.

Source: Nation