Written By John Mutiso 📝
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has canceled nominations for Nairobi’s Kamkunji, Embakasi East, and Starehe constituencies and instead opted for opinion polls to select suitable candidates.
The party has also canceled its planned joint nominations in Dagoretti North and Mathare with the Amani National Alliance (ANC), a Kenya Kwanza Alliance associate party.
According to the UDA National Elections Board (NEB), the parties have agreed to use opinion polls to identify candidates in the two constituencies.
“The National Elections Board wishes to notify the public that after consultations between UDA and ANC, there will be no joint nominations for Dagoretti North and Mathare Constituencies. Instead, alternative methods will be used to identify nominees. This, therefore, means that there will be no universal suffrage nominations between the coalition partners as earlier communicated,” said the board’s chairperson Anthony Mwaura.
“The board also clarifies that there will be no nominations for Embakasi East and Kamkunji constituencies under UDA using universal suffrage. Instead, alternative methods as provided by the party constitution will be applied,” Mr. Mwaura added.
This implies that on Wednesday, only the Roysambu Constituency and the 19 Nairobi wards would have nominations.
According to Mr. Mwaura, both Starehe MP Charles Njagua and his fiercest opponent, East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Simon Mbugua, have agreed on the use of opinion polls and have signed a commitment to accept the polls’ results, which was witnessed by NEB chairperson and UDA Secretary-General Veronica Maina.
The party will also hold repeat primaries in Rongai in Nakuru, Moiben (Uasin Gishu), Turkana East and Turkana West (Turkana) and Mt Elgon in Bungoma County.
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