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Bahati expressed confidence that he will clinch the Mathare parliamentary seat in the 2027 general elections under a UDA ticket.

Singer Kevin Bahati has defected from the Azimio la Umoja coalition to the United Democratic Party (UDA).

Speaking on Wednesday, April 12 at the UDA headquarters in Nairobi, Bahati claimed that he was being mistreated in Azimio. 

He however expressed confidence that he will clinch the Mathare parliamentary seat in the 2027 general elections under a UDA ticket. 

“Nilikua nalia sana hiyo upande ingine (Azimio), kila siku nilikua naambiwa nimenyanganywa ticket, mara nistep down nitapewa kazi. Nilipewa tu kazi ya kuimba, that’s why nimejiunga na UDA kwa sababu najua hii ni chama inayoamini vijana,usanii na talanta. Mimi najua 2027 kwa mara ya kwanza UDA italeta mbunge kutoka Mathare,” said Bahati.

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File image of Kevin Bahati and UDA Sec Gen Cleophas Malala

Bahati at the same time revealed that President William Ruto was among the people who supported him when he wanted to run for the Mathare MP seat.

“Kama kuna mtu aliniamini wakati nilikua nataka kusimama kiti cha Mathare ilikua our dear president. Na mimi naona nilimuangusha sana, hapo naeza sema nilikua kigeugeu na pia naomba anisamehe. Kutoka saa hii nimesoma, nimeelewa na as a prodigal son nimerudi nyumbani,” he added.

Bahati lost the Mathare seat during the August 2022 general election after he finished in third place after ODM’s Antony Oluoch and Billian Ojiwa who vied under the UDA party.