Jubilee Party leader, President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
A section of Jubilee Party members have expressed anger over the nomination list submitted to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The members are accusing Jubilee of awarding the slots to cronies of senior politicians.
Wednesday, the irked members claimed that those who were picked as MCA nominees did not qualify for nomination.
Two weeks ago, a leaked list with names of relatives and cronies of Jubilee candidates for governorship, senator, woman representative and MPs, sparked a storm.There has been an outcry in President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto’s backyards of Uasin Gishu, Nakuru, Nyeri and Baringo counties, with those who lost out in nominations accusing party officials of short-changing genuine members.Jubilee’s Nakuru chairman David Manyara, however, said none of the lists submitted to the party by two factions had been approved.A group of youths from Nakuru, led by Joakim Njue, claim that the second list allegedly prepared by Jubilee governor candidate Lee Kinyanjui and some parliamentary candidates was biased.“That list has names of some people who earlier served as nominated MCAs in the current assembly. We will not accept it,” he said, as quoted by The Standard.In Uasin Gishu, DP Ruto’s backyard, over 100 people living with disability have opposed the move to send names to the IEBC, saying the criteria used was biased.Their representative from North Rift, Titus Yego, who had applied for nomination, said there was a plot to lock him out after his details were put in the gender category.“There are some individuals who want to deny me a chance to represent our special group. When the list came out from the party, I had been placed on the gender team where there are many applicants, thus diminishing my chances of being nominated,” he said, as reported by The Standard.In Nyeri, a group of 30 women want Jubilee to nullify the list citing anomalies. Former Rware ward aspirant Grace Michuki said four people were registered to vote in other counties and not in Nyeri. “We have noted with concern there are people on the list who are voters in Nairobi, Kiambu, Laikipia and Nyandarua,” said former Rwae ward aspirant Grace Michuki.