The incumbent Member of Parliament for Starehe Constituency Charles Njagua has announced he will defend his seat on an independent ticket.

This comes after the musician-cum politician fell out with his party UDA after the party handed the ticket for Starehe parliamentary seat to his rival Simon Mbugua.

Jaguar, as he is popularly known disputed the process despite signing a commitment with Mbugua pledging to accept the results of an opinion poll that was conducted to determine the best candidate to fly the UDA ticket for Starehe in the August general election.

The party’s National Election Board cancelled nomination in the Starehe constituency, citing cases of violence and security issues.

Jaguar took to his social media accounts to announce that he would be consulting the people of his constituency to chart a way forward ahead of the election.

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Through the same media, he announced he would be vying on an independent ticket to defend his seat.

“Watu wa Starehe wamesema hawapangwingwi and the will of the people cannot be ignored. I met with the people of Central ward na wamesema Starehe bila Jaguar si Starehe. By the will of the people I will be defending my seat as an independent candidate. Tupatane kwa debe,” Njagua said.

Njagua also sent an unsavoury message to UDA boss William Ruto rejecting an alleged appointment he had promised the Starehe MP at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA).

Njagua told Ruto to give that position to Mbugua’s wife as he was not interested in it.

“I would like to tell William Samoei Ruto without fear. That seat he wanted to give me at EALA, he should give it to Mbugua’s wife. You cannot remove me from a place I was serving as a sitting member of parliament and send me to a place called Arusha. Therefore I am humbly requesting that position you promised to give me, give it to Mbugua’s wife because they will not be elected here,” Njagua said.

Njagua also said that after winning the Starehe parliamentary seat, he does not care who wins the presidency but pledged to work together with them.

“After vying on an independent ticket, we do not even know who will be the president isn’t that true? Whoever will win the presidency is the person we will work with,” Njagua said.