Hassan Omar dumps Nasa, finds new love in Jubilee – PHOTOS
Former Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar has jumped shipped and joined President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party.
Mr Omar was until three weeks ago the secretary general of Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper Democratic Party.
He is expected to welcomed to Jubilee Party by President Kenyatta on Sunday. The President is set to tour the Mombasa county on Sunday and hold a rally there.
On Thursday, pictures of Mr Omar attending a meeting with Jubilee campaigners were doing rounds the social media.
The pictures were taken at Jubilee top campaigner Farid Hisham’s office in Tudor.
Speaking to Nairobi News, one of the campaigners who was also in the picture said: “Yes we were with him at the meeting. I even talked to him and he said he will receive the President on Sunday. He told me he has joined the party.”
He said the former Wiper Party secretary general was also assisting in developing a campaign strategy plan ahead of the October 26 repeat presidential poll.
Mr Omar vied for the Mombasa gubernatorial against incumbent Hassan Joho but lost. He has since filed a petition against Mr Joho’s win.