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The Service Party (TSP) has kicked off the process of unveiling its 2022 general election aspirants across the country.

The process was launched by the party leader Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri in OLoitoktok town, where he opened Kajiado South party office, and thereafter unveiled Shadrack Saibulu Wenger as Kajiado South parliamentary aspirant on a TSP ticket.

Thousands of enthusiastic residents thronged the streets of OLoitoktok town to welcome the Party Leader, with a majority of them registering as TSP members.

‘’firimbi sasa imepulizwa, sisi kama TSP tumejipanga. Ni lazima tujue mahali serikali inayokuja inatuelekeza. Hawa wote wanatuomba kuratuwachunguze vizuri.’’ Kiunjuri said

With over 410,000 registered voters, Kajiado county is cosmopolitan, but one that is claimed to be unfairly represented. According to TSP leader, anybody who aspires to seek elective position in Kajiado should do so regardless of where they came from.

‘’Siasa ya sasa sio ya vyama ni siasa za personality. Mimi nitaunga mkono yule rais ataangazia maslahi ya wananchi.’’ Kiunjuri said

Among the TSP’s priority issues is online jobs. According to Hon. Kiunjuri, access to smartphone and affordable internet will go a long way in ensuring that youth work and earn online.

‘’With a smartphone and affordable bundles, we can create the next million jobs. Youth just need empowerment.’’ Kiunjuri said

The Service Party (TSP) will not field a presidential candidate, but will field candidates in all other elective positions.

The Service Party (TSP) leader Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri on Thursday visited hundreds of Ol Moran residents who fled their homes after a series of banditry attacks that left them homeless.

Hundreds of women and children have camped at Deliverance Church in Ol Moran Centre, even as police comb through the thickets of Ol Moran forest in search of the bandits.

Speaking during the visit, Hon. Kiunjuri said that time was ripe for the government to change tact to effectively end the perennial banditry attacks in the area.

‘’We don’t need all these police officers here, what these people want is to be given Kenya police Reservists otherwise known as homeguards to protect us’’. Kiunjuri said

Attacks in the area have been going on despite police presence, with several schools and houses being torched.

‘’This operation for now should continue. But we want to state that we are not leaving Laikipia. We are here to stay.’’Kiunjuri said

Among the food items donated by Hon. Kiunjuri include 3 tonnes of maize flour and 1200 packets of milk.

Others present during the visit include Laikipia Women Representative aspirant on a TSP ticket Beth Waithira ( Wa Diana) who donated 100 packets sanitary towels, Laikipia North MP aspirant on a TSP ticket Maina Munene who donated 100 bales of 2kgs packets of maize floor and 40 blankets.

The Service Party (TSP) leader Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri and his Narc-K counterpart Martha Karua have held talks his Jubilee Party allies led by Kieni MP Kanini Kega, in what they termed as efforts to unite the mountain.

The meeting held at Serena hotel was also attended by Murang’a Women Representative Sabina Chege, Kiambu MP Jude Njomo and his Mwea counterpart Wachira Kabinga, TSP secretary general Dr. Mwenda Makathimo, Party’s CEO Wambui Kimathi among other leaders.

The leaders are said to have discussed a pre-election deal ahead of the 2022 General Elections.

‘’ tumekutana kunywa kikombe ya chai pamoja, kujadiliana mambo ya Mt. Kenya.’’ Karua said.

The meeting according to the leaders was a follow-up sitting to a meeting that was held three weeks ago where Kiunjuri, Karua and Kuria met leaders of 7 political parties from Mt. Kenya region.

‘’We have resolved to reach out to every elected member of parliament in Mt.Kenya region for the next meeting which we hope will be in the coming weeks. They will all get invitation.’’ Karua said

They however said that no one will be forced to fold their parties, saying that the agenda of this formation is purely to unite Mt. Kenya region

Among the parties that they signed pre-election pacts with include Embu Senator Lenny Kivuti (Rebuild and Restore Party), Esau Kioni of the Democratic Party (DP), Mpuru Apuri (National Ordinary People Empowerment Union, NOPEU), and Thuo Mathenge (The New Democrats).

Others included the People’s Party of Kenya(PPK), Party of Democratic Unity(PDU) as well as Chama cha Kazi (CCK).

The Service Party (TSP) leader Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri has asked for the return of Kenya Police Reservists in the volatile Laikipia region, following a spate of banditry attacks.

Kiunjuri who is the former MP for Laikipia East says that the presence of law enforcement officials in the region has not scared the bandits, adding that arming KPR would be the best strategy to apply in cubbing the attacks.

‘’When we had our home guards, there were no cases of attack, this is because no police office would agree to enter into a forest to face the attackers, but these home guards can’’ Said Kiunjuri.

The TSP leader expressed his concerns that cases of attack have increased just days after Kenya Defence Forces officers were deployed to calm the situation, further calling for questioning of politicians suspected to be fuelling the attacks.

‘’ How comes serikali iko na mkono mrefu na bado haijaprosecute anybody. Kumekuwa na pattern ya wizi kutoka zamani, serikali imekuwa ikiangalia movement ya hawa watu..what is this that the government know that we don’t. ‘’ said Kiunjuri

A total of 12 people have now been killed in the region over the last three weeks following a wave of banditry attacks. Kiunjuri is however pleading with residents not to flee their homes as the situation is being addressed.

‘’tumekuwa IDPs katika mashamba yetu. But we are saying is that we shall not move out of Laikipia, unless we are going to heaven.’’ Kiunjuri said

Dozens have so far fled their homes in search of safer grounds.

The Service Party (TSP)  leader Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri has urged the Deputy President William Ruto to embrace other parties and individuals of interest, if he intends to win the Mt. Kenya block in the next general elections.

Speaking during a Sunday Service at ACK St. Andrews in Nanyuki, Kiunjuri warned that it is too early to assume that one has won the vote rich region, adding that the best strategy was gather rather than scuttle leaders and political parties from the region.

‘’ It is too early to say that they have scaled the Mountain. The Mountain is so tall, covered with slippery ice and a tough terrain. The weather can be very rough too. It is therefore, advisable to keep wooing the people rather than proceeding as if the deal is sealed.’’ Kiunjuri said

Kiunjuri further said that TSP remains open to coalition building should need be and is ready to play a role with his team to enable the region consolidate the power it needs in demanding its fair share.

TSP leader was reacting to a statement issued by UDA team who reportedly said that the Mountain will negotiate on the framework of UDA and not any other formations.

‘’Wewe unatafuta yako, na mwingine yake. Yeye anajua tu atasaidiwa na watu, ndio maana anatafuta wazee wa Kimeru na wengine kwa sababu anataka ushirika na Wakenya wote mahali popote waliko.

The Service Party, TSP leader Mwangi Kiunjuri has now set conditions that determine the presidential aspirant to be supported by TSP.

Speaking during a breakfast show in a vernacular FM station on Tuesday, Kiunjuri says the memorandum drafted by TSP will be presented to presidential candidates, which will also form basis for discussion intended to bring together all Mt. Kenya leaders.

‘’That for us to support any presidential candidate, they must commit to supporting this agenda and the irreducible minimum in broad daylight/public’’ Said Kiunjuri

Top on Kiunjuri conditions is equality of the vote, where he says it must be achieved even if it means amending the constitution or existing statutes

‘’…this is a basic right in our constitution that needs to be assured and given effect. Inequality of the vote is a historical injustice that must be corrected without further delay.’’ Said Kiunjuri

Kiunjuri further demands that any presidential hopeful should state a formula that will address existing inequalities without oppressing other Kenyans.

TSP parliamentary and gubernatorial aspirants held a two days consultative meeting in Embu, where they drafted a raft of conditions for Mt. Kenya suitors.

‘’ On matters relating to the 2022 General election, we have agreed that TSP will field candidates across the country and will soon call for applications from interested and serious aspirants for the various elective positions. This meeting has also affirmed the National Governing Council’s decision that at the presidential level TSP will engage like-minded parties to establish pre or post-election coalitions.’’ Said Kiunjuri

The TSP leader says his mission is to see a united country, where every right is respected.

The Service Party, TSP leader Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri has urged Kenyans to elect their leaders based on track record in the forthcoming general election.

Speaking in Naibor village, Laikipia North in Laikipia county, Kiunjuri said Kenyans must also elect a visionary leader who has a blueprint capable of transforming the country devoid of social status and political affiliations.

‘’ ile kitu tunauliza wakenya sasa, msichague kiongozi kwa sababu ametokea, na anaimba wimbo ya Fulani, eti uchaguliwe, kwa sababu uko TSP ama UDA. Tunataka kuchagua viongozi, waongee hapa mbele ya jukwaa, watu waamue.

Kiunjuri says every aspiring leader should outline their vision for the country in public, which he says should include practical solution to the problems facing Kenya, like unemployment and starvation.

‘’Lazima tuwakumbushe kitu moja, tunajua historia yenu, na sisi huwa hatusahau kama ngiri’’ said Kiunjuri

He said with proper planning, Kenya could be self reliant on food and have surplus for sale. With that, poor Kenyans would have time to concentrate on other income generating programmes.

“The Government should seek ways of providing farm inputs, fertiliser and seeds as well as loans at subsidised rates and later facilitate identification of markets,” Said Kiunjuri

Kiunjuri was speaking during a burial ceremony of a prison warden Francis Muthukia Wanjugu. Other leaders present during the ceremony include Laikipia North MP Sarah Lekorere, Laikipia county assembly speaker Patrick Waigwa, Laikipia North Parliamentary aspirant on a TSP ticket Maina Munene, Laikipia Woman Representative on a TSP ticket Beth Waithira among other local leaders.

TSP leader Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri has called upon the government to allocate resources meant for Building Bridges Initiative to measures meant to curb coronavirus spread.

“ If really this government is serious, why don’t you divert those funds that you intended to use for the referendum to sort out those issues that are affecting the common mwananchi?

Kiunjiri said that attention should now turn to issues that will benefit the Kenyan public like Kazi kwa vijana.

‘’It is possible to double the income of these youths and give more safety nets to the elderly in society.’’Kiunjuri said.
The party leader has further said that the government should mobilise healthcare resources both personnel and equipment to enable Kenyans cope with the high cost of healthcare.

The party leader was speaking during a funds drive in support of St. Joseph Catholic Church Choir. He was accompanied by a host of Kirinyaga leaders who included Gichugu parliamentary aspirant on a TSP ticket Dr. Njogu Barua and Kirinyaga Senate contestant Daniel Karaba.

The gazettement of campaign spending guidelines by the IEBC has stirred mixed reaction from legislators and aspirants alike, with a majority terming them as laughable.

During a committee session Wednesday, members of the delegated legislation Committee in the National Assembly unanimously rejected the regulations, accusing IEBC of malice.

MPs claimed that IEBC wanted to paint parliament in bad light for failing to pass the regulations yet they were gazzetted out of time.

Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi says IEBC submitted the proposals on campaign financing a few weeks ago and went ahead to gazette them yet the law says the regulations must be laid before parliament for approval before gazettement.

IEBC however insisted that they have followed all the procedures as required by the law as they had earlier engaged the committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, a process that had stalled.

The regulations were published in a Gazette Notice prescribing the amount of money political candidates and political parties will be allowed to spend in their 2022 campaigns.

According to the regulations whose fate is now in limbo, a presidential candidate’s campaign spending has been capped at Kshs.4.4 billion.

Those eyeing the Gubernatorial, Senatorial or Woman Representative seats also have their spending regulated, with Turkana County having the highest spending limit at Ksh.123 million followed by Nairobi (Ksh.117 million) and Marsabit (114 million).

Lamu County has the least spending limit at Ksh.21 million followed by Tharaka Nithi (Ksh.23 million), Elgeyo Marakwet (Ksh.25 million).

Even as political parties in Mt.Kenya scramble for numbers in the run up to 2022 general election, their leaders are scheduled to meet in the coming month, to craft a common front to avert a possible split of vote, that could eventually deny them the tyranny advantage, should they pull in different directions..

The Service Party leader Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri who is seeking to unite all leaders with political parties in Mt.Kenya, has said  the mission is to ensure that the mountain vote as a block, a move he say will assure bargaining power….

‘’In the next one month or two, we shall be sitting together as Mt. Kenya people, as party leaders, tuketi kwanza ama watu wa mlima, na sisi wote the like-minded people..’’Kiunjuri said.

His sentiments coming days after deputy president William Ruto in a televised interview intimated that UDA is not interested in any coalition to form government next year..Kiunjuri says that  the mountain will be a force to reckon with, should all political parties within the region resolve to work as a team…

‘’our unity as Mt. Kenya, nobody should take it for granted. No one should think that you can split us to their advantage. As leaders we will sit down and craft a package’’ Kiunjuri said.

Leaders expected to join the Mt.Kenya unity bandwagon include Moses Kuria of Chama Cha Kazi, Martha Karua’s NARC-K, Governor Mwangi Wa Iria of Usawa kwa Wote Party, Peter Kenneth of Kenya National Congress, The Service Party among others…

‘’ Every party should be left to grow. But that should not divide us’’. Kiunjuri Said

Mt. Kenya region has about 8 million registered voters. Presidential hopefuls in the next general election have been shopping for their possible running mates from the region, with a hope that they would sway the voters their way.