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Dennis Waweru Chickens out of Nairobi Race

Jubilee's 'Team Nairobi' joins Senator Mike Sonko in celebrations at Jubilee Party headquarters after he presented his nomination papers for the governor race, March 17, 2017. /MONICAH MWANGI

Jubilee's 'Team Nairobi' joins Senator Mike Sonko in celebrations at Jubilee Party
 headquarters after he presented his nomination papers for the governor race, March 17,
 2017. /MONICAH MWANGI/STAR
The Jubilee Party 'Team Nairobi' has narrowed down to Senator Mike Sonko and former 
Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru.
This is after Dennis Waweru allegedly withdrew his candidature and presented 
nomination papers for Dagoretti South MP bid.
Speaking at Radio Citizen on Friday, Sonko and Wanjiru said they have a post-primaries 
deal in the race to unseat Governor Evans Kidero.
They said the person who gets the JP ticket will appoint the other as the running mate
 for the August 8 general election.
"Our competitors will not defeat us as we are ready for them. Sonko and I are working 
as a team," Wanjiru said.
Waweru could not be reached for comment as text and calls to him went answered.
Sonko, MPs Johnson Sakaja (Nominated), Waweru, and Wanjiru had declared their bids
 for governor.
But Sakaja bowed out of the race and presented his papers for Nairobi Senator nomination to the party headquarters last week.
Read: Sakaja quits governor race, presents nomination papers for senator
The group opposed Former Gatanga
 MP Peter Kenneth's entry into the race, 
calling him "an outsider being brought
 through the backdoor".
But Kenneth says he was born and
 brought up in Nairobi, and that 
he is ready to face the team during 
the nominations.
He presented his nomination papers last week.
Kenneth tried his hand at the presidency during the March 2013 general election.

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