Mutula’s widow Nduku Kilonzo joins race for Makueni senate seat.

The late Makueni senator Mutula Kilonzo’s widow Nduku Kilonzo has joined the race to succeed her late husband. This comes barely three days after her step daughter, Kethi Kilonzo, had declared interest in the seat- a move that is likely to split the Mutula family further.

She made the announcement in Machakos, after attending a memorial service for the late Machakos Catholic Bishop Urbanus Kioko which was also attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Fielding questions from journalists she said; “Yes I confirm to you that I’m in the race.”
She however declined to name the party she will run on, promising to divulge that at a later date.
She also said Mutula’s daughter Kethi Kilonzo will not be running for the seat although we could not reach the lawyer for her comment.

Confusion reigned at the Machakos Golf club play grounds, over which party should field a candidate to replace late Kilonzo for the seat, as President Uhuru Kenyatta took off in an Airforce chopper.
Earlier, Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu introduced the late senator's widow Nduku Kilonzo to the President sending signal that she would be preferred as a possible replacement for her husband.
The church congregation and the leaders who accompanied the President comprising some MPs from Machakos and Makueni counties cheered her up with some proposing her for the senatorial race on a jubilee ticket.

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