Nakuru Jubilee Party's senatorial candidate Susan Kihika addresses journalists. [Photo/Daily Nation]
Jubilee party will have to go back to the drawing board after the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal(PPDT) nullified the candidacy of Nakuru senatorial aspirant Susan Kihika.
According to the tribunal led by Mr Kyalo Mbobu Ms Kihika was deamed ineligible because by the time she presented herself as a senatorial candidate she had not resigned from her position as the speaker of Nakuru county assembly.
"A declaration is hereby issued that Ms Wakarura’s candidature for the Nakuru County senatorial seat on Jubilee party ticket is unconstitutional," the Tribunal ruled.
It also said that the Jubilee Party violated the law by presenting Ms Kihika’s name as its candidate yet she had not resigned as required by law.
The petition had been filed by Ms Margaret Wanjiru Kiiru, who is eying the same position as an independent candidate.