Soccer Star McDonald Mariga on Monday morning made a grand entry at Jubilee party’s headquarter in Pangani, Nairobi.
Mariga is among 16 aspirants who will be interviewed today for the Jubilee Party ticket to contest the Kibra parliamentary seat as focus now shifts to the elections board.
Mariga was escorted by a group of his supporters who carried placards bearing his name and Jubilee logo.
The supporters sang songs praising the player in luhyia’s famous Isukuti dance.
Some were heard singing “Mariga tukomboe”, which barely translates to Mariga save us.
If cleared, Mariga will be Jubilee Party candidate for Kibra constituency by-election scheduled for November 7.
He will face off ODM candidate who will be decided after the September 7 nominations, Musalia Mudavadi’s ANC Party’s Eliud Owalo and Moses Wetang’ula’s Ford Kenya candidate who is not yet to be unveiled.
The Kibra seat fell vacant following the demise of Ken Okoth who succumbed to cancer.
