Chaos have rocked Jubilee Party elections for interim officials in Nakuru and Embu counties.Embu
Former Nakuru Town MP David Manyara was elected Nakuru County's Jubilee Party chairman amid protests over the elections of grassroots officials.
Police on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse party supporters who clashed over the polls.
Chaos erupted at the former TNA offices in Milimani Estate in Nakuru town where the elections of representatives for various constituencies was scheduled to take place.
The protesters arrived at the venue chanting slogans against county presidential campaign coordinator Susan Kihika before anti-riot police officers intervened.
The crowd stormed the entrance seeking to disrupt the meeting that was being chaired by Veronicah Maina.
The aggrieved delegates wanted to stop the elections, claiming Ms Kihika, who is also the Nakuru County Assembly Speaker, had a list of her preferred officials ahead of the polls.
The elections were eventually held, with Mr Manyara being picked as county party chairman.
In Embu, chaos erupted at Kangaru School, the venue for the county Jubilee grassroots leaders' elections, after various elected leaders and aspirants disagreed over the mode of election.
Trouble started after Senator Lenny Kivuti pointed out that some of the aspirants for various seats who had paid their subscription fees and registered with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission had been locked out of the venue.
He had suggested that Governor Martin Wambora and the six MPs from the county pick one of the 19 officials each while elected MCAs appoint six and the various aspirants elect the remaining six officials respectively.
“There are a lot of people who are paid-up aspirants who were locked outside the hall. It is only fair if they were allowed to come in,” proposed Mr Kivuti.
There was a heated exchange of words and a near fist fight between supporters of Runyenjes MP Cecily Mbarire, Mr Kivuti, Mr Wambora, and Mr Kithinji Kiragu.
Also present was Woman Representative Rose Mitaru, Deputy Governor Dorothy Nditi, Manyatta MP John Muchiri and his Mbeere North counterpart Muriuki Njagagua.
Polls coordinator Abraham Limo had proposed that the four constituencies share the slots, with Manyatta, Runyenjes and Mbeere South getting five each, while Mbeere North would get the remaining four.
When Mr Kivuti stood to second the proposal, he said they had earlier agreed that seven of the 19 posts be shared among the governor and the six MPs, while the elected MCAs would get six and the remainder would go to the aspirants.
His suggestion was met by a round of booing, while various delegates locked inside a hall engaged in fist fights, which were quelled by anti-riot police.
About 500 people were locked out of the hall
Totally shambolic. Even NTV and vernacular stations show the news correctly. I don't know why you think they are so biased. Google "Jubilee elections chaos" and see what media shows up first, including the 'ethnic rag'.
It is great news so that disgruntled folks can join fringe parties - PNU, DP, etc. A mammoth outfit hurriedly and crudely crafted with threats and bribes will cause disappointed voters to stay away especially with the anti-defection clause imposed by UhuRuto in the Elections Act.
CORD/NASA or whatever should simply stick to coalition and possibly zone the map. Some MP seats will be lost but the presidential ticket benefits.
Totally shambolic. Even NTV and vernacular stations show the news correctly. I don't know why you think they are so biased. Google "Jubilee elections chaos" and see what media shows up first, including the 'ethnic rag'.
It is great news so that disgruntled folks can join fringe parties - PNU, DP, etc. A mammoth outfit hurriedly and crudely crafted with threats and bribes will cause disappointed voters to stay away especially with the anti-defection clause imposed by UhuRuto in the Elections Act.
CORD/NASA or whatever should simply stick to coalition and possibly zone the map. Some MP seats will be lost but the presidential ticket benefits.
It worked with NARC in 2002, with PNU in 2007, and with Jubilee in 2013. The anti-defection clause was conceived to tame the little uns, not the powers-that-be who don't see the act as affecting them in the slightest.
Totally shambolic. Even NTV and vernacular stations show the news correctly. I don't know why you think they are so biased. Google "Jubilee elections chaos" and see what media shows up first, including the 'ethnic rag'.
It is great news so that disgruntled folks can join fringe parties - PNU, DP, etc. A mammoth outfit hurriedly and crudely crafted with threats and bribes will cause disappointed voters to stay away especially with the anti-defection clause imposed by UhuRuto in the Elections Act.
CORD/NASA or whatever should simply stick to coalition and possibly zone the map. Some MP seats will be lost but the presidential ticket benefits.
It worked with NARC in 2002, with PNU in 2007, and with Jubilee in 2013. The anti-defection clause was conceived to tame the little uns, not the powers-that-be who don't see the act as affecting them in the slightest.
I am amazed you can compare NARC and PNU to Jubilee. My point is the effect a fallout can cause with no outlet thanks to anti-defection clause. You bungle the primaries and supporters sit out the elections.
Totally shambolic. Even NTV and vernacular stations show the news correctly. I don't know why you think they are so biased. Google "Jubilee elections chaos" and see what media shows up first, including the 'ethnic rag'.
It is great news so that disgruntled folks can join fringe parties - PNU, DP, etc. A mammoth outfit hurriedly and crudely crafted with threats and bribes will cause disappointed voters to stay away especially with the anti-defection clause imposed by UhuRuto in the Elections Act.
CORD/NASA or whatever should simply stick to coalition and possibly zone the map. Some MP seats will be lost but the presidential ticket benefits.
It worked with NARC in 2002, with PNU in 2007, and with Jubilee in 2013. The anti-defection clause was conceived to tame the little uns, not the powers-that-be who don't see the act as affecting them in the slightest.
I am amazed you can compare NARC and PNU to Jubilee. My point is the effect a fallout can cause with no outlet thanks to anti-defection clause. You bungle the primaries and supporters sit out the elections.
Totally shambolic. Even NTV and vernacular stations show the news correctly. I don't know why you think they are so biased. Google "Jubilee elections chaos" and see what media shows up first, including the 'ethnic rag'.
It is great news so that disgruntled folks can join fringe parties - PNU, DP, etc. A mammoth outfit hurriedly and crudely crafted with threats and bribes will cause disappointed voters to stay away especially with the anti-defection clause imposed by UhuRuto in the Elections Act.
CORD/NASA or whatever should simply stick to coalition and possibly zone the map. Some MP seats will be lost but the presidential ticket benefits.
Totally shambolic. Even NTV and vernacular stations show the news correctly. I don't know why you think they are so biased. Google "Jubilee elections chaos" and see what media shows up first, including the 'ethnic rag'.
It is great news so that disgruntled folks can join fringe parties - PNU, DP, etc. A mammoth outfit hurriedly and crudely crafted with threats and bribes will cause disappointed voters to stay away especially with the anti-defection clause imposed by UhuRuto in the Elections Act.
CORD/NASA or whatever should simply stick to coalition and possibly zone the map. Some MP seats will be lost but the presidential ticket benefits.
It worked with NARC in 2002, with PNU in 2007, and with Jubilee in 2013. The anti-defection clause was conceived to tame the little uns, not the powers-that-be who don't see the act as affecting them in the slightest.
I am amazed you can compare NARC and PNU to Jubilee. My point is the effect a fallout can cause with no outlet thanks to anti-defection clause. You bungle the primaries and supporters sit out the elections.
A game of musical chairs does not mean the current party of convenience is falling apart. In case people forget, alliances, since 2002, have always had unsatisfied losers. Make enough noise and you chances of being placated with guarantees of government positions / tenders after the elections soar.
What we're witnessing is typical Kenyan political "negotiations", for even the losers, at the end of the day, know which side of the bread is buttered. These fiascos have nothing to do with ideology and everything to do with being of the food chain.
Yaliyomo #CitizenNipashe: Vurugu zaendelea kukumba mchakato wa kuwachagua watakaoongoza kampeni za Jubilee mashinani pic.twitter.com/q3fw6KgI7i
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) December 15, 2016
Yaliyomo #CitizenNipashe: Vurugu zaendelea kukumba mchakato wa kuwachagua watakaoongoza kampeni za Jubilee mashinani pic.twitter.com/q3fw6KgI7i
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) December 15, 2016
On an aside, I'm not supporting Jubilee's understanding of "Come now, and let us reason together" but I fail to see the difference between what's going on here and the infamous Men-In-Black of ODM, lest we forget: