Juja By-election: Late MP Francis Waititu's Widow Wins Jubilee Party Ticket

The late Juja MP Francis Munyua Waititu’s widow Susan Njeri has clinched the Jubilee Party ticket to vie for the seat in the upcoming by-election.

Njeri won the ruling party’s primary held on Saturday after garnering 1,596 votes ahead of her competitors Joseph Kang’ethe (889 votes), Muiga Rugara (669 votes), Antony Kirori (189 votes), and Karanja Ngachu (48 votes).

She will lock horns with the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) candidate George Koimburi in the May 18th Juja parliamentary by-election.

The United Democratic Alliance (UDA), a party associated with Deputy President William Ruto, withdrew from the mini-election.

“We would have really wished to but we have consulted widely including aspirants who had expressed interest in our party ticket and we resolved that since it is the widow, we should not get involved but rather wait until 2022,” said UDA Secretary-General Veronica Maina.

The seat fell vacant following the death of Waititu, who succumbed to brain cancer at MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi on February 22nd.