Good news for Kilifi County's tourism sector and for the future development of Malindi and Watamu after ten years of inaction. Gideon Mung'aro, Briatore's former manager, former mayor of the Malindi of the golden years, then MP and finally undersecretary in the Kenyatta government, is the new county governor. He succeeds Amason Kingi who, being at the end of his second term, could not run again. Mung'aro was 143,773 votes ahead of former Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa, a candidate in William Ruto's UDA party, who took less than half (65,893).
Kingi is also part of the alliance of the current vice-president running for the highest office in the state, but he wanted to found his own party and present his own candidate for governor, George Kithi, who came third in the race with 64,321 votes. In contrast, Italian Franco Esposito, former director of the San Marco base in Ngomeni, was left behind in the rankings.Mung'aro knows the territory in which he was born well (he is originally from Dabaso, between Gede and Watamu) and above all he knows that tourism is fundamental to this region. So we know that he will fight for the Malindi International Airport and for those infrastructures that can revitalise tourist destinations. Malindikenya.net wishes Gideon good work.
As parliamentarian, another woman succeeds Aisha Jumwa, she is Amina Laura Mnyazi, who is very active and well known in Malindi also by the Italian community. Through Raila Odinga's alliance, in short, good news has arrived for Kilifi County. The best possible.