Footballer turned politician McDonald Mariga's nomination as Jubilee Party's flag bearer in the upcoming Kibra by-election has been challenged.
Morris Kinyanjui who was among the hopeful candidates vetted on Monday has termed Mariga's nomination 'illegal' arguing that it went against the party rules and regulations.
According to the petition received by Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju on Tuesday, Kinyanjui noted that Article 11 of the party's constitution provides for "open, free, fair and transparent nomination in national and county elections through consensus, secret ballot or through the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)."
According to Kinyanjui Mariga's nomination flouted the regulations of Jubilee Party. He revealed that the whole process was secretive because he learned about the nomination through the media.
He further stated that Mariga is a non-Kibra resident and there is a possibility that he has never participated in an election process.
''Not only was there no nominations conducted, the board arrogated upon itself powers it does not have to conduct the aforesaid selection, and even then they did not feel it right to inform the aspirants."
“To make matters worse, the said selected person is neither a resident nor a voter of Kibra Constituency and there are serious doubts whether or not he has ever voted,'' added Kinyanjui.
However, Jubilee's National Election Board (NEB) chairman Andrew Musangi has maintained that the process was well articulated to the stakeholders concerned.
“The process we used of interviewing aspirants is not new in the party. It has been used before and even before we interviewed the 16 aspirants on Monday, all of them agreed and even signed to accept the results,” said Musangi.