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Tongue control: Election 2022 unguarded remarks and their toll on politicians

Nairobi governor aspirant Polycarp Igathe joins water vendors on a donkey. [Courtesy]

When Jubilee’s Nairobi governor aspirant Polycarp Igathe blamed the rot in the Nairobi County Assembly on what he said was "control" by three MCAS from the Somali community, he did not expect to be making an apology days later.

“We have 45 Kikuyu MCAs in Nairobi County Assembly but they are controlled by just three Somalis… there is a cabal, the capture is too serious,” said Igathe, blaming the Somali for the debt problem and poor service delivery.

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