Nominated MP Sabina Chege has responded to critics who have accused her of abandoning Azimio.
Sabina Chege claims that if she had joined the UDA, she would have been elected leader.
Sabina was an important pillar in opposition leader Raila Odinga’s Azimio campaigns, now says she paid the price for voting against President William Ruto in the 2022 general election.
The Jubilee-nominated MP has come under fire from Azimio heavyweights who accuse her of betrayal after defecting to Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza government.
“It hurts when people call us sellouts, if I had gone to UDA, I would have gotten a very big seat. Today, I would be an elected leader, and even if I would not have won, you have seen how this party has rewarded its supporters!”
Sabina says she has no regrets about making the decision to work with the government, noting that many legislators lost their positions for opposing Ruto.
The nominated MP disclosed that she was offered the post of Deputy Governor of Nairobi in the previous election but turned it down in order to support former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
I had the offer to be Nairobi Deputy Governor but I left that to ensure that our leader (Uhuru) would finish his tenure properly and did not exit in shame,” she says.
She also denied the claims that the individuals who ended up going to the State House were not there for financial gain.
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“So it is not right to say that I was invited to State House for a handout of Sh50,000, or Sh100,000, that money is not even enough for my daily needs which are so many. Sh50,000 or Sh100,000 cannot make me change my stand,” Sabina argues.
Sabina claimed that she would have effortlessly been elected on Ruto’s UDA party. Adding further that she has decided to pursue other interests, despite her devotion to Azimio in the last polls.
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