Ford Kenya deputy party leader Boni Khalwale welcomes Jubilee defector Mwajuma Rashid to the party as Ford Kenya secretary general Yasser Bajaber watches at Khamis High school in Mombasa on September 27,2016.
Wrangles in the opposition NASA alliance are far from over regarding the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) nominees.
A Ford Kenya official as moved to court to challenge the list presented to parliament by the alliance.
The party's assistant secretary general Yasser Ali wants the court to dismiss the nominations.
Yasser said that the nomination of NASA members was "incurably and fatally flawed in substance, law and procedure," and that it violated Article 47 of the Constitution.
He also said that the party was not consulted.
“Ford-K was not consulted nor provided with an opportunity to lobby for its preferred candidate,” Ali says.
“Ford-K is an equal coalition partner and constituent party in the final decision-making process.”
Among those nominated by NASA include opposition leader Raila Odinga's brother Oburu Odinga,
Kalonzo Musyoka’s son Kennedy Musyoka, NASA Chief Executive Norman
Magaya, Fatuma Ibrahim and Winfred Mutua.
“Failing to consider the inclusion of a member from one of its coalition partners and a member from the Coast region — a NASA stronghold — amounts to a heinous act of impunity,” Ali said.