Kanu's Laikipia senatorial candidate Maina Njenga [PHOTO/softkenya.com]
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has cleared former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga to vie for the Laikipia senatorial seat on a Kanu ticket.
Njenga was the first in Laikipia to be issued with a certificate yesterday Sunday.
Other four contestants presented their papers yesterday with the rest expected to do so today.
Meanwhile, an ODM senatorial candidate for Mandera failed to get clearance after it emerged that both his proposer and seconder are not registered members of the sponsoring party.
Abdinasir Mohamed expressed his disappointment with IEBC for not notifying him of the problem early enough despite having presented the names a day before the clearance exercise commenced.
“I gave out the names on Saturday and no official raised any objection until I came in to be cleared,” Mr Khalif said.