This archive report was first published on 4 September 2019.
On September 2, 2019, the Jubilee Party's National Elections Board conducted a vetting exercise for 16 aspirants vying for the Kibra parliamentary seat in a forthcoming by-election.
However, one of the aspirants, Morris Kinyanjui, has come out to claim that the selection process was unfair, deceptive, and shrouded in secrecy.
According to Kinyanjui, the selection exercise was conducted in a manner that was contrary to the Jubilee Party's regulations, with the board consisting of only six members.
"It is with sadness that the selection of one Macdonald Mariga Wanyama to be the Jubilee candidate for the by-election in Kibra was not only unfair, deceptive and shrouded in secrecy but also contrary to the provisions of the Jubilee Party Constitution," Kinyanjui said in a letter to Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju.
Article 11 of the Jubilee Party Constitution provides that nominations should be conducted openly, freely, fairly, and transparently through consensus, secret ballot, or through the IEBC or other democratic method acceptable to the members.
However, Kinyanjui claims that the selection exercise was irregular and that the National Election Board arrogated powers it does not have to conduct the selection.
He has threatened to appeal Mariga's nomination if an urgent meeting with Tuju is not held to discuss the matter.
