Why Ngirici Remained Calm After Losing To Waiguru

Outgoing Kirinyaga woman representative, Wangui Ngirici, on Sunday, August 14 disclosed that she had to keep her cool after she was beaten to the Kirinyaga Governor seat by her bitter rival, Anne Waiguru.

While addressing a church service at ACK St. Thomas Cathedral in Kerugoya on Sunday, August 14, Ngirici responded to calls by her supporters to speak on her defeat in the August 9 general elections.

However, she had advised them to maintain calm, with the belief that democracy still exists in the country.

Anne Waiguru with Purity Ngirici and Deputy President William Ruto. /YOUTUBE

"Many have been wondering why I am yet to issue a statement or call a press briefing on my way forward, but what I can assure my supporters is that we can keep calm. We believe that there is democracy in Kenya so let's pray for our county," she stated.

She added that she had no bad blood against anyone, but she did promise to contest the result of the gubernatorial election in court, claiming that she had reason to believe that the process was riddled with malpractice.

Ngirici noted that around 51,000 votes were rigged so that she could be beaten with just 3,000.

"I am delighted because God is revealing slowly by slowly what happened. I am not bitter with anyone, My only drive is that I will follow through and make sure the will of the people will not be subverted."

"We are going to file a petition since we have enough evidence that about 51,000 votes were rigged for them to defeat me with only a mere 3,000 votes," she added.

The independent candidate staged a dramatic final showdown against Waiguru, but it was not enough to topple her as she lost by 7,411 votes. Waiguru got 113,088 votes against Ngirici's 105,677 votes.

The two have been making headlines over their dramatic exchange whereby they accused each other of rigging the polls.

Waiguru claimed that two boxes stuffed with the governor's ballots were hounded into a tallying centre during the vote tallying process.

"Rigging in broad daylight. Two ballot boxes with governors' ballots enter Kianyaga through the back door in broad daylight! They must be removed and counting must stop," Waiguru stated, calling for the process to be stopped.

Ngirici had however dismissed her claims, saying the only known backdoor the incumbent governor claimed was her (Waiguru) tenure at the National Youth Service (NYS).