{"id":3730,"date":"2023-02-17T11:45:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T11:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2023-02-17T11:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T11:45:22","slug":"meet-agnes-wanjahia-fomer-civil-servant-and-mca-candidate-now-a-mjengo-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=3730","title":{"rendered":"Meet Agnes Wanjahi,A fomer civil servant and MCA  candidate, now a mjengo worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Enock, Nairobi<\/p>\n<p>Agnes wanjahi a civil servant and a mca candidate for Makomoni ward in\u00a0 Tharaka Nithi county\u00a0 narrates\u00a0 her story on how she became a \u201cMjengo\u201d worker after the 2022 general election.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3731 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-20230217-WA0018-1024x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-20230217-WA0018-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-20230217-WA0018-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-20230217-WA0018-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-20230217-WA0018-696x387.jpg 696w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-20230217-WA0018-1068x594.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG-20230217-WA0018.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wanjahi was nominated as Devolution party of Kenya (DPK) MCA led by Party leader Prof. Kindiki, she was also in kenya kwanza where she was at the fore front campaigning for Dr.William Ruto in Tharaka Nithi county. According to her she was amongst the best frontier youths who were looking for women and youth numbers for ruto to be able to have votes in Tharaka Nithi.<\/p>\n<p>By Lucking people to hold her hands, After election wanjahi\u00a0 had no place to fall back into and sustain herself so she decided to look for a job that could at least help her. She landed a job at the construction site where she decided to try since it was her first time at mjengo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c After election I found myself not having a place to fall back into, something to sustain myself and \u00a0I searched everywhere for a job but I didn\u2019t get it. The only place I was able to get a job \u00a0in this Mjengo construction site where I decided to try though I had never done this before,\u201dshe said<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I put my heart out there and I put my best foot forward to try and see what I can be able to get from this place.\u201d She added<\/p>\n<p>Agnes says that she is coming out to say whatever she is going through and a give advice to those who have ambitions in politics<\/p>\n<p>\u201c At this moment am coming out to say whatever am going through,\u00a0 am not seeking for pity but am coming out to share my pain, my struggles so that someone else should not go through whatever am going through.\u201dshe continues<\/p>\n<p>She spent all of her savings and money to find a good leadership for her people and also campaigning for William Ruto but she was not able to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn politics you spend a lot of money, you spend your savings but you have nothing to fall back into\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Now Wanjahi is appealing to President William Ruto to give appoint those young people who supported him as he is doing to other Kenya Kwanza allies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Enock, Nairobi Agnes wanjahi a civil servant and a mca candidate for Makomoni ward in\u00a0 Tharaka Nithi county\u00a0 narrates\u00a0 her story on how she became a \u201cMjengo\u201d worker after the 2022 general election. &nbsp; Wanjahi was nominated as Devolution party of Kenya (DPK) MCA led by Party leader Prof. Kindiki, she was also in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-counties"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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