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How Jamleck Kamau lost Murang’a race that was his to lose

Did you know if there was a seat that the Jubilee Party had high any desires for securing in the Mt Kenya region in the August 9 election, it is that of Murang’a governor.

The party had persuaded a front runner, Jamleck Kamau, to challenge on its ticket and proceeded to give him a direct ticket.

Many additionally think that Mr Kamau addressed the most trustworthy arrangement for Murang’a residents since he zeroed in on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), offering reasonable arrangements like offering credit and dispatching financial coaches for startups.

Mr Kamau also promised sensible expansions in agricultural returns through subsidies, value addition and restructuring markets to rid them of imperfections and distortions.

He additionally promised functional, active administration of the health sector, with mental soundness in the procurement of medical supplies, supervision to beat corruption and duty negligence, and empowering dispensaries as the first stop for the sick.

Mr Kamau likewise vowed to employ Early Childhood Development Education teachers and fabricate child care units where moms who could manage the cost of domestic helpers could leave their infants as they hustled to earn enough to pay the bills.

“The majority had their way, but this is the best governor you will not have for now …,” said Murang’a Young Business Community chair Isaac Mwangi.

The benefits that Mr Kamau would bring into the challenge were vital for the point that analysts viewed the seat as his to lose.

His credits were that he is for the most part a decent man, humanitarian and charismatic.

Mr Kamau represented the Murang’a South block, which has Kigumo, Kandara, Maragua and Gatanga electorates, with a joined 391,436 citizens – 161,943 a bigger number of than the north block that has Kiharu, Kangema and Mathioya. The all out number of enlisted voters in the two areas is 620,929.

Jubilee’s thinking was that if Mr Kamau took the south votes as a bloc, the seat would come home.

He also came into the challenge with several qualities – a two-term MP in Kigumo, a past run for governor in 2017, a former Nairobi metropolitan minister.

“Mr Kamau needs no introduction to the voters, he can match a shilling for a shilling for all the other contestants, is a friend to the state and can appeal to all divides of voters,” read the rating report that the county commissioner’s office in Murang’a had forwarded to the Jubilee secretariat.