Coast MPs seek unity

Kenya Times story by Benard Onyari

A section of legislators from Coast province plan to hold a bonding meeting that would bring together groups allied to Transport minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere on the one hand, and that of Garsen MP Danson Mungatana on the other.
The talks, according to Ganze MP Joseph Kingi, are meant to bridge the widening rift between Mwakwere and Mungatana.

Though he was vague on the exact date of meeting, Kingi who is also an assistant minister in charge of provincial administration, said it would centre on the differences that had emanated between the two MPs with regard to matters concerning Narc-Kenya’s grassroots elections.
He noted that Coast legislators allied to Narc-K were worried that the differences between Mungatana and Mwakwere could deny the region a chance to capture the party’s secretary-general’s post.

Speaking after laying a foundation stone for Bandari Secondary School at Bamba in his constituency over the weekend, Kingi said the legislators from Coast allied to the party were of the idea that both camps should join hands for the welfare of the region.
Mungatana and Mwakwere have been at loggerheads after both declared interest in contesting for Narc-Kenya’s secretary-generalship. Their differences escalated after they differed on whom to support in the Magarini by-election, with Mwakwere’s group rallying behind Shirikisho Party candidate, Harrison Kombe, a move that saw Narc-K, which was perceived to have a head-start in the by-election, pull out of the race in favour of Kombe.
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Kenya Times
May 1, 2007