Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar at a past event. Photo/ standardmedia.co.ke
Wiper Party Secretary General has urged aspirants eying different political seats in the upcoming polls to submit their applications on time in a bid to meet the deadline.
Addressing journalists on Friday, Omar, who is also the Mombasa County Senator, said that the application deadline has been extended until March 6.He, however, said that the party will not extend the submission date after March 6."This will be the last extension for aspirants to submit their applications ahead of the party nominations scheduled for March 26,” said Omar.He added that the deadline was extended due to the defections of members from other parties who have shown interest to join Wiper.Omar, who has declared interest in the Mombasa gubernatorial seat, will have to battle it out with Nyali MP Hezron Awiti for the Wiper Party ticket.