Reverend Mutava Musyimi To Take On Joseph Nyagah In Gachoka

Presidential aspirant Joseph Nyagah will have a herculian task this time round as he faces the head of the national council of churches of Kenya, Mutava Musyimi for the Gachoka parliamentary seat.

Nyagah who says that he will represent those who come from small communities has never had it tough in Gachoka a seat that his brother Norman Nyagah left to him under controversial circumstances as he headed to the city to win the Kamkunji seat in the last general elections. But this time round, the older Nyagah could find his 'waterloo' in Musyimi.

For starters, Musyimi is the so called government candidate and being a close friend of president Kibaki, the highly intelligent and eloquent God fearing man will definitely not have any problems pertaining to finances when the time comes.

Musyimi is said to have been convinced by Kibaki himself to contest the parliamentary seat in the forthcoming elections and chose Gachoka where his roots are not to mention the fact that there are over 10,000 members of his Kamba community who are residents.

The cleric who is also a member of the national anti corruption steering committee has also been busy and has approached both ministers of lands and water, Kivutha Kibwana and Mutua Katuku respectively to assist Gachoka people on matters pertaining to land and water in the constituency.

It is common knowledge that Musyimi and Kibaki are close and the latter is said to have made various visits to State house to discuss his political future with the president who knows only too well that clerics have an advantage over other parliamentary aspirants.

Others speculate that on winning the parliamentary seat, Musyimi will be among the senior most minister's in Kibaki's administration if he gets re-elected later this year in an election which could be marred by pre-polls demonstrations over minimum reforms which the Kibaki government is not willing to go ahead with.

Nyagah should not be underrated as he can call himself an experienced politician who has won elections before while this will be Musyimi's first go at parliamentary elections.

But the greatest danger is if ODM-Kenya manages to remain intact after its presidential nominations and Nyagah happens to join the coalition. In such a scenario, an opposition wave will be in the offing and this has the potential of not only sweeping Musyimi away but also his master, Mwai Kibaki.

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