Jalang’o was among celebrities who were adversely mentioned in Edgar Obare’s exposé in August 2021 that shed light on the wash wash cartel in Kenya.
Wash wash business involves fake gold scams, money printing and several other dubious deals involving billions of shillings.
Obare claimed that Jalang’o is part and parcel of the syndicate that engages in money laundering and distributing fake currencies in the country.
However, Jalang’o vehemently denied the allegations of wash wash while maintaining that he is one of the most honest and hardworking people in the country.
The Kiss FM presenter has since repeated multiple times that he has never been involved in wash wash activities.
Jalang’o is keen to shake off wash wash tag as politics is all about perception, and now is he facing serious contenders who could exploit his flaws to persuade voters not to elect him.
Speaking during a recent interview on Kiss FM, Jalang’o narrated that the worst thing people said about was the ‘wash wash’ story since it almost ruined his brand.
“The worst thing people said about me is that I am in wash wash. It is very sad that you can work so hard and people still say such things. People have said so many things about me and the only thing that remains is me dying. There is nothing people have not said about me,” Jalang’os said.
Jalang’o faces stiff competition for Langata parliamentary seat as Raila Odinga’s nephew Jaoko Oburu Odinga on Monday January 17th announced his entrance in the race.
While mobilising Kenyans to register in IEBC’s ongoing voter registration exercise, Jaoko, son to Odinga’s elder brother Oburu Odinga, shared a poster indicating that he was in the Langata constituency race.
Jaoko, an Executive Committee Member in Siaya County and the Chairman of YOTHA (Youth for The Handshake Alliance), joins popular media personality Jalang’o in the race to clinch the ODM nomination as the party prepares to challenge sitting Jubilee MP Nixon Korir out of the seat.
Korir has announced that he shall be defending his seat on Deputy President William Ruto’s UDA Party.
