sakudas supporters come in large numbers

Some supporters of new elect Kajiado North Member of Parliament were denied entry into parliament to witness the swearing in ceremony of the new members.

The supporters  of Moses ole Sakuda, arrived at the parliament in three buses and a van, to witness their MP being introduced to the parliament, but the gate officers allowed only a few in.

Moses ole Sakuda of The National Alliance Party (TNA) who won the Kajiado North seat on Monday with a total of 25,568 votes was sworn in to parliament to begin his term as MP.

Ms Cecilia Koisenke said she is pleased that her preferred MP was elected and believes that he will bring development to the county.

“We are now confused; the people who brought us here, have gone. We expect he will make good roads for us. If he was able to bring us water, he should be able to bring change,” Ms Koisenke added.

Another Mr M Kaitei said that though he had been locked out, he is happy that the new MP had broken the curse that had left their community out of leadership for 30 years.

“We came to celebrate with him. He is the leader of the whole Kajiado not only Keek Onyokie community. We will wait for him. We will still give him another chance come 2013,” Mr Kaitei said.

Mr Sakuda was considered one of the stronger contestants, as he managed to make inroads through his in-laws; being married to a Kikuyu and speaking the language eloquently, gave him an edge in wooing the community's 122,401 residents.

                                                    tna.co.ke

However, not all the supporters were pleased about being locked out of the swearing in ceremony.

Ms Peris Muthoni was angry for having arrived first at the parliament buildings and being left out with other late comers.

According to Ms Muthoni, she was denied entry because of her attire, accent and lack of identification.

“At 11 am we were here. We hope when we take our problems, we will not have to go through this; we will not be locked out. Many have entered but few of us have been allowed in. We feel bad to be left out, yet he asked for our votes,” Ms Muthoni said.

The supporters, who came from different parts of the Kajiado North county, were after the swearing in ceremony to grace a party for the new MP.

“After this we will go for a party. It was organized by the MP. Everyone will be able to fit there,” One of the supporters said.