Two months after joining the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party, sources at the Registrar of Political Parties told the media that Musyoka’s Wiper party has yet to formally ask to leave.
The coalition agreement dated March 12 bars constituent parties from abandoning the coalition party 6 months to the general election or three months after the August polls.
Though Musyoka insists his name, and that of his running mate Andrew Sunkuli were properly before the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for consideration, he has to contend with the rigors of the Azimio coalition agreement, with the Registrar’s office insisting on the due process being followed by any party opting out of a coalition.
With Odinga being named the Azimio coalition party flag bearer, sources at the Registrar’s office say it would be impossible for a constituent party in the coalition to field a presidential candidate.
Wiper’s options have been narrowed to either seeking a court order to leave the coalition party or being discharged by the alliance’s council, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, by mutual consent.
Rumour has it that IEBC commissioners were looking into the legal implications of Musyoka’s Wiper bid.
The electoral authority plans to hold a pre-nominations session for all of the cleared presidential candidates next week on Monday in the Bomas of Kenya.
Between May 28 and June 6, presidential candidates will present their nomination documents, and only those who are cleared will be entitled to run in the August election.