Meru County Governor Kawira Mwangaza has formally joined the ruling party, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
She was received by UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala and Chairperson Cecily Mbarire at the Hustler Center in Nairobi.
Speaking on Wednesday, Malala urged Meru Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) to work together.
Mwangaza stated that she is ready to reconcile with Meru's leadership and work with every leader.
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“Meru is bigger than all of us. Meru is bigger than any other leader. So it is my prayer that we can work together with every leader,” she said.
The Meru governor said she would run for the gubernatorial seat in 2027 on a UDA Party ticket.
Mbarire, who is also the governor of Embu, appealed to the Meru leaders to consider reconciliation for the benefit of Meru County.
“I'm urging all politicians, especially the UDA MPs from Meru, and the UDA MCAs of the Meru County assembly, I want to urge them to open the door for dialogue, reconciliation, and healing for this great county of Meru,” she stated.
Malala implored Meru MPs and MCAs under UDA to collaborate with the governor, in line with the party leader’s vision.
“We want to ask them to embrace the entry of the governor and they should work together as a team. That's the aspiration of our party leader. Our party leader wants a united Meru. Our party leader wants a solid Meru County government,” said Malala.
“We are stretching an olive branch to the MCAs in Meru County as a party we shall retreat and find a reconciliatory mode in which you shall operate with the governor because now it is time to move on.”
