Mathare MP aspirant Kevin Kioko alias Bahati has alleged that his opponent sent goons to rough him up in a bid to have him step down from the race.
In a video shared on his Instagram page on Monday morning, Bahati declined a job offer from Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga and stated that he is still vying and will not step down for his opponent as advised.
“It started with getting a lot of challenges and fights of course from my opponent who wanted them to take away my ticket which I was given, the other side they brought propaganda that I had stepped down which I refused,” he said.
“They wanted me to be given a government appointment which I also refused and Today because I have to be brave and I have to do what it takes because I am fighting for the people of Mathare I have to repeat this again, I had a job and I have a job as a musician,” Bahati added.
He claims that after seeing him at the Azimio rally, his opponent sent him some goons to mishandle him and try to stop him, leaving him with a tattered polo shirt.
Despite everything, he says he has forgiven him and that no one will ever intimidate him into stepping down from his Mathare MP seat.
“I urge my Mathare people even if they keep fighting me do not give up, 9th August our lives will never be the same again. Let’s bring change and let’s vote one of our own. If someone fears me that much to an extent of sending people and threatening my life, clearly he knows that I will help the people of Mathare,” stated Bahati.
This comes after Raila Odinga, the Azimio presidential candidate, endorsed Bahati’s opponent, Anthony Oluoch, for the Mathare seat and offered Bahati a government appointment if he stepped down in favor of Oluoch.
“Bahati is my child, I will give him work in the government,” Raila said on Sunday while on the campaign trail in Rwaraka within Mathare constituency.
Bahati, who was sitting on top of a car, was visibly taken aback by this and stormed out of the campaign rally, vanishing into the cheering crowd.
Bahati was cleared to vie for the seat on the Jubilee ticket, a constituent party of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party.
