Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa has addressed recent reports alleging that he had ditched the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) for the ruling Jubilee Party.
Speaking during a campaign trail on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, Barasa dismissed the allegations as false.
He accused his political opponents of peddling fake news about him.
The lawmaker explained that he bumped into leaders from the Jubilee Party and they congratulated him for his development projects. It is then that they asked him to join Jubilee.
Barasa reiterated that he is a member of UDA Party and he's going nowhere.
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"I met some people from Jubilee in Nairobi. They praised my work and then asked me to join their party.
"I told them I am a member of UDA and I'm not leaving. I told them that my people gave me the permission to work with Deputy President William Ruto," Barasa said.
The lawmaker is among DP Ruto's pointmen from Western Kenya. Reports of Barasa quitting UDA emerged after Sirisia MP John Waluke ditched the DP's camp for Jubilee Party.
Waluke was received by Jubilee Secretary-General Jeremiah Kioni at the party's Pangani headquarters.
His decision is a blow to DP Ruto who is working to solidify his support in Western Kenya ahead of the August 9, General Elections.
