Mombasa businessman and politician Suleiman Shahbal has resigned from the Jubilee Party. – By Ramadhan Kambi.
In a letter of his resignation on Wednesday and addressed to the Secretary General of the party, Mr Shahbal thanked the party for the support offered but said that it was time he picks to join the party of his choice.
“I wish to thank the Jubilee Party for the support offered to me during my membership. In exercise of my Constitutional rights to belong to any political party of my choice, I hereby wish to resign as member of Jubilee Party,” Mr Shahbal said in the letter.
His resignation has now given the Mombasa businessman a chance to seek the Mombasa Governor seat on a different Political party ticket.
Mr Shahbal is a vocal politician who has been associated with ditching the party to join Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).
In the 2017 General Election, Mr Shahbal vied for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat but lost to incumbent Governor Hassan Joho.
