A
presidential campaign lobby group has been launched in Kericho town to campaign
for Cotu boss Francis Atwoli 2017 presidential bid.
The
lobby group Operation Atwoli Wins was launched recently at Kericho Uhuru
Gardens by 100 youths drawn from Kericho and Bomet counties.
The
lobby group covers all Central Organsation of Trade Union affiliates who want
Atwoli to run for presidency in 2017 general elections.
The
youths are children of parents working for multinational tea companies in both
Kericho and Bomet counties and who are member of Kenya Plantation and
Agriculture Workers Union.
The
group has already liaised with all other trade unions in Kenya affiliated to
Cotu and want plans on to campaign for Atwoli to kick off by the end of 2015
before 2017 general election.
Three
OAW officials, Geoffrey Obara (chairman), Joel Masese (secretary) and Wilfred
Chirchir (treasurer) spoke to the press in Kericho town on behalf of their 100
colleagues.
The
three hit out at Jubilee government over its several attempts to frustrate
Atwoli as Cotu boss by trying to weaken the umbrella body by forming the
parallel Trade Union Congress to rival Cotu.
“The Jubilee
government, through labour cabinet secretary Kazungu Kambi, have
time and again tried to fight Atwoli over his fight against
corruption at National Social Security Fund and more so the Sh5
billion Tassia II housing project in
Nairobi,” Obara said.
Masese
regretted how the government was trying to use Dock Workers Union
secretary general Simon Sang who is being persuaded to decamp from Cotu to TUC
with the entire DWU membership.
Chirchir
said the government dirty schemes against Atwoli will only be countered by
fronting him for the presidency as he has indicated through his exemplary
leadership prowess that he was equal to the task of the presidency in Kenya.
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