Businessman Jimi Wanjigi has been given the greenlights to vie for presidency under the Safina party which he joined recently.
Wanjigi was endorsed by the party's Delegates on Sunday, when they held their National Delegates Conference in Nairobi.
The party also resolved not to join any political alliance ahead of the August 9th, 2022 general elections.
On Wednesday, Wanjigi ditched the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party for Lawyer Paul Muite owned party Safina.
He was received to the party by Muite in an event held at the Serena Hotel in Nairobi.
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"So far only Wanjigi has expressed interest in our party’s presidential ticket but the delegates will have the free will to elect the flag bearer should other aspirants come on board,” Mr Muite said.
Wanjigi said he opted for Safina party after being forced out of the orange party.
He said the Raila Odinga-led party humiliated him during its NDC at Kasarani on February 26, forcing him to defect to Safina.
“We were in a home called ODM, the party I first ever joined in 2018 believing our ideology and policies were still in sync following our 2017 working together in Nasa," he said.
“We came together to end the oppression and backward policies of the Jubilee government but I was shocked when my party leader went for the ‘Handshake’ on a date like today (March 9, 2018), four years ago,” Wanjigi added.
