When Kibra parliamentary seat was declared vacant, a section of Kenyans raised concerns over the old Ksh 1000 notes that are becoming obsolete after the September 30 deadline that was set by Central Bank of Kenya.
They took to social media arguing that Kibra will now provide a ground to politicians to clear the old notes. And do you think all these speculations were wrong?
Well, it seems the campaigns in Kibra have already provided fertile ground for some politicians to clear their stock of old Sh1,000 notes ahead of the demonetisation deadline.
Aspirants in the forthcoming November 7 mini polls have been moving around the constituency trying to woo supporters.
Reports have it that a front runner in the by-election has been dishing out bundles of old Sh1,000 notes to churches, youth and women since his campaign to succeed MP Ken Okoth began.
The politician has visited churches and held meetings, dishing out bundles of the old notes at each event.
Some Kenyans have already raised this issue through social media.
“Someone is releasing oldnotes to Kibra residents inform of campaigning for a certain candidate, Kimwarer money is in circulation! ” tweeted Frank Mtetezi, a twitter user.
Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge has maintained that the old notes will cease being legal tender on Monday, September 30.
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nothing like Justice in Kenya's electoral body.this greediest must vacate the office
Your Comment : I have now believed that we do not have an independent electoral and boundaries commission , instead we have a congregation of greedy individuals out to misuse Kenyans and bring chaos to our country. #Remove them. #clean the top leadership.
Congratulations to Governor Mutua,you really deserve to lead in the best performing governors,,, those ranked last should be dealt with accordingly for misappropriating public funds
Raila was the hunter now the hunted... how do trust a hyena like Uhuru.. You both greedy... you dug your grave lie in it... What handshake.. Crap...
Babu aje zake,handshake is for all Kenyans, and Kibra believe in handshake, there4, Uhuru And Raila should have different candidates and whoever Will go through Will be thé product of handshake
Babu waja ukoloni bwana, there's no direct ticket
Hehehe, supporting somebody was not an agreement in the handshake my friends!! Remember Raila caused many to die during the era of maandamano hence Uhuru devised a method how to tame this power hungry man!! Mariga must win
Your Raila and uhuru come from different political party,. Everyone is free to handle his party issues and i salute the president for supporting mariga being the jubilee candidate. Raila is also supporting the odm candidate and no one is against that. Some people are taking handshake as political party while it's not. Please mr mp style up.
Babu wacha kiherehere or baba will tie u the same tree kidero and obado were rope tied when the latters looked threatening the leadership of baba in nyanza
wacha kiherehere babu