'Mungu anawaona': Senator Susan Kihika responds to claims she is not a Kenyan citizen

Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika has responded to a petition filed seeking to block her gubernatorial bid on grounds that she is not a Kenyan citizen.

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday evening, Kihika scoffed at the allegations hinting that the citizenship debacle was only brought up by individuals who want her to drop her aspirations.

She further question how the claims are only now emerging as she seeks the Nakuru Governor’s seat, but were not brought forth when she contested for the Senate seat.

"Soo....As a Senator I was Kenyan but now that am going for Governorship am not Kenyan. It's all right; Mungu anawaona," she wrote on Twitter.

Her sentiments come after one Joseph Kimani Njuguna on Tuesday filed a petition before the Independent and Electoral Commission (IEBC) seeking to have her barred from participating in the August polls.

The petitioner claims that the Senator forsook her Kenyan citizenship in 2003 for a United States citizenship.

As such, Njuguna argues, the former Nakuru County Assembly Speaker contravenes the Constitution in her quest to become governor.

“Having lost her Kenya citizenship, the said Susan Wakahura Kihika was required under section 10 of the Citizenship and Immigration Act Cap 172 of the laws of Kenya to apply in the prescribed manner in order to regain citizenship of Kenya,” read the petition.

“Section 8(4) of the Citizenship and Immigration Act makes it an offence for a duo citizen who fails to disclose his/her other citizenship in the prescribed manners.”

Njuguna added: “I therefore request that the said Susan Wakahura Kihika be barred from contesting the upcoming general election of the August 2022 in the position of Governor Nakuru County.”