Coast-based political party KADU Asili has announced its plans to field candidates in the Msambweni constituency in Kwale county and Dabaso ward in Kilifi county during the December by-elections. – Ramadhan Kambi.
Kadu Asili party leader Gerald Iha Thoya said during an interview in Malindi that the party is also working on rebranding plans ahead of the 2022 General Elections.
“This is the only post independent party in this country with its roots in Coast and which has stood the test of time to remain strong. We are fielding candidates in Msambweni and Dabaso,” said Mr Thoya during the interview.
Big parties like the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) led by its Coast kingpin Hassan Joho has vowed to capture all the seats in Msambweni and Dabaso.
However Mr Thoya said that KADU Asili will not be deterred by the political parties he said are non-coastal and urged the people of Msambweni and Dabaso to elect their representatives through the Coast based political party.
“We are used to think that non-coastal political parties have a solution for our problems which is a very wrong perception. These parties have nothing to deliver to us, although we have been made to believe in that,” said Mr Iha.
Currently the Coast region has five political parties that include KADU Asili, Shirikisho, Devolution Party of Kenya, Republican Congress and Umoja Summit party of Kenya.
Mr Iha said the party will soon start a registration of members at the grassroots as among its plans to have a wider reach in the country.
“Although this party has its foundation at the Coast, it has a nationwide approach in its policies and we want more Kenyans to join and push for changes that will bring in good governance to our country,” said Mr Iha.
In the 2017 General Election, the party sponsored former Labour CS Kazungu Kambi to be its Kilifi gubernatorial candidate. Mr Kambi however lost to current Governor Amason Kingi.
Deputy party leader Daniel Mangi told Uzalendo News in a phone interview that the party is getting prepared as the 2022 General Election approaches and that there is an array of activities that will characterize the party until that time.
“Among the plans is the registration of our member, open up new party structures among other plans,” said Mr Mangi.
