Bishop Margaret Wanjiru Declares Nairobi Governor Bid

Bishop Margaret Wanjiru has declared her intention to contest for the position of Nairobi Governor.

Speaking on Sunday, September 6, Wanjiru announced that she will seek the Nairobi governorship under the ticket of the Kenya Moja Movement Party.

"I Bishop Margaret Wanjiru, declare that I will contest for the position of Nairobi Governor on a Kenya Moja Movement Party ticket," she said.

This comes weeks after Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris explained that she abandoned her Makadara Constituency parliamentary bid following consultations with Nairobi residents and the ODM Party leadership. 

In a statement on Monday, August 31, she said Nairobi residents urged her to vie for the Woman Representative position again in the 2027 General Election.  

Passaris noted that serving Nairobi residents was a responsibility she had embraced wholeheartedly and that the feedback from her supporters influenced her to seek another term.

"My desire to serve Makadara was genuine, but everywhere I went across Nairobi, the message was the same: What about us? Don’t we matter? We don’t want to lose you as our Woman Rep, Mama," she stated.

Passaris also said she consulted ODM party leadership and considered opinion polls before deciding to drop her Makadara MP bid.

"So when that call came from the people, and was reaffirmed through consultations with my Party, ODM party leadership, feedback from Nairobi residents and opinion polls, the direction became clear," she added.

Further, Passaris said she intends to keep the Nairobi Woman Rep seat within the broad-based coalition. 

"Baba built this party for 20 years. He left us in broad-based, and I intend to do my part to keep this seat within broad-based as the ODM's and the Broad-based Candidate for Nairobi County Woman Representative," she further said.