{"id":119764,"date":"2025-08-14T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/kindiki-warns-against-useless-trickery-in-baringo-primaries-as-uda-eyes-crucial-senate-seat\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:03:03","slug":"kindiki-warns-against-useless-trickery-in-baringo-primaries-as-uda-eyes-crucial-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kindiki-warns-against-useless-trickery-in-baringo-primaries-as-uda-eyes-crucial-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindiki warns against \u2018useless trickery\u2019 in Baringo primaries as UDA eyes crucial Senate seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 14 \u2014 Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has urged officials of the ruling party to ensure a fair and transparent process for selecting a single candidate in the upcoming Baringo Senate by-election, warning that internal divisions could cost UDA the seat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking while hosting 3,000 grassroots leaders from Baringo, Kindiki said the party could not \u201cafford useless trickery\u201d and must settle on an \u201cacceptable\u201d method to avoid disputes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will all respect who the voters choose. We don\u2019t have any preference,\u201d he said, stressing that neither President William Ruto, himself, Members of Parliament, nor other party officials would interfere.<\/p>\n<p>Kindiki said the ideal outcome would be for aspirants to agree on one candidate, but if consensus fails, UDA will hold free and fair nominations, after which all contenders must rally behind the winner for the November 27 mini-poll. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you openly back the winner, we will hold your hand and find a place for you somewhere,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n<p>The DP also called on party members to help spread the government\u2019s agenda, defending the administration\u2019s performance since 2022 when \u201cthe economy was in the ICU.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He cited ongoing projects in Baringo, including the construction of 12 modern markets, new hostels in technical and medical colleges under the affordable housing programme, and expanded last-mile electricity connections \u2014 now reaching 10.5 million households compared to 2.7 million in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>On healthcare, Kindiki reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to implementing universal health coverage through the Social Health Authority, calling it the most ambitious programme of its kind in Kenya\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>He also expressed confidence in Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen\u2019s ability to consolidate peace in Baringo, building on gains made during his tenure as Interior minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a good plan for roads, electricity, water, markets, agriculture, education, and all other key sectors that will transform our country,\u201d Kindiki said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 14 \u2014 Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has urged officials of the ruling party to ensure a fair and transparent process for selecting a single candidate in the upcoming Baringo Senate by-election, warning that internal divisions could cost UDA the seat. Speaking while hosting 3,000 grassroots leaders from Baringo, Kindiki said the party [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}