Haemorrhage in the opposition’s Azimio la Umoja one Kenya coalition has hit Nakuru county after all the opposition MPs joined the Kenya Kwanza government.

In the last General Election, the opposition coalition party Azimio la Umoja one Kenya managed to get only two MPs both who were elected on a Jubilee ticket.

The MPs namely Samuel Arama (Nakuru West) and Irene Njoki (Bahati) have publicly indicated their decision to work with President William Ruto’s government.

Mr Arama, who was a fierce critic of Dr Ruto and his style of politics was the first to publicly announce his decision to support Dr Ruto after the August Election.

Mr Arama noted that his decision was informed by the need to support the government in its development agenda before the next election.

According to him, Dr Ruto is likely to rule for two terms and it will be a disservice to his constituents to subject them to the opposition politics for that long period.

“Everyone knows that Dr Ruto is going to rule for two terms because he is a smart politician. It is only important that we be part of the government for that period,” said Mr Arama.

Ms Njoki on the other hand was part of the leaders elected on a Jubilee party ticket who participated in dethroning the then Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni and Vice Chairperson David murathe.

Furthermore, Ms Njoki and Mr Arama joined other leaders from Kenya Kwanza to meet the President at State house and attended the thanksgiving prayer service on Monday.

With the two MPs switching allegiance the Azimio coalition is left with no senior leader in Nakuru county.

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