I rarely read The Ethnic Rag. The only times I end up there is whenever there is a link that leads me there. It is something I am trying to overcome. Since it is a paper that runs the propaganda of our enemy, I must read it to know what they are thinking.
I did that this morning.
I found that Jubilee believes the nonsense peddled by Pundit that they still have the tyranny of numbers. They also believe that they registered more voters than NASA. They finally are convinced that they have made in roads into NASA areas, while at the same time saying NASA has not made any inroads in their own areas.
I read further and found that Jubilee consider Kisii, Garissa, Turkana and the Coast as "battleground Counties".
Some things are good to hear.
Let,s see, in 2013 Coast was also a battleground County. What did Uhuru get for his billions and Balala?
Mombasa = 64,793 (23.79)
Kwale = 17,633 (14.04)
Kilifi = 23,386 (10.72)
Lamu = 17,677 (40.02)
Tana River = 22,419 (34.71)
Taita Taveta = 12,175 (13.18%)
The Ethnic Rag starts by pretending to define a battleground County: Where none of the parties got 60% and above of the vote. From the above figures Lamu is the only battleground county! But you wouldn't find that in the Ethnic Rag. It is full of quotes from Jubilee hacks pushing their propaganda and no critical questions from the tabloid incompetent journalist.
Back to Jubilee: In Kwale, they are depending on a man they blackmailed in to submission and who has told friends he had no alternative "Wakikuyu walitaka kunifunga". He opted to stay out of jail and receive Ruto's money. He scored half of the votes Raila got in Kwale. He comes from a Minority of minorities and only managed to get those votes because of Raila's personal popularity! Good luck with the shifted ground.
I need not dwell on Kilifi. Gideon Mung'aro told them it had shifted. They put it to test and lost badly. They read victory and claim they got more votes than before. Good. Did they see the buses from Mpeketoni bringing "voters"? I guess not. Good luck with a shifted ground in Kilifi. More money to defected MPs' construction boom!
For all the millions Naomi Shabani was given in 2013 she managed to import enough voters from TZ to give her a seat in Parliament. Only that. Uhuru scored a paltry 12K votes (not that it is a reach voter area).
I am told the Governorship will go to Jubilee because NASA candidates are fighting. Please! Count Jubilee votes and compare with half of what NASA got in 2013 then tell me who comes fourth?
Of course Jubilee can take Lamu if they want. They have a thieving MP in the area too who they have let off the hook.