Post by nowayhaha on Jan 18, 2013 17:10:59 GMT 3
Nairobi, Kenya: Violence rocked nominations in Kendu Bay as voters protested over a missing name of a parliamentary aspirant.
The voters demonstrated and lit bonfires on the road saying they will not allow voting to go on until the issue of the missing name of Adipo Okuome who is contesting for Karachuonyo parliamentary seat is resolved.
The voters blamed ODM Secretary General Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o for meddling with the party nominations.
But Nyong’o denied the allegations and said the party was committed to conduct fair nominations.
Voting in Othaya was disrupted after parlaimentary aspirant Gichuki Mugambi disputed four names on the ballot paper saying his sole opponent was political activist Mary Wambui.
In Kirinyaga County, Tension is high as name of a TNA aspiring Governor was missing from ballot paper. The name of Julius Muthike Njiiri who is not a candidate was included in ballot as one of those seeking to be Governor.
In Ndaragwa, voters protested after the name of a parlaimentary aspirant was missing from the ballot papers and the pictures of candidates were messed up.
The name of parliamentary aspirant Waweru Ndiritu and those of all the county representatives were missing leading to protests by the voters.
The ballot papers were also defective as the photographs were mixed up.
A contingent of over 200 police officers were deployed to Ndaragwa polling station to prevent chaos from erupting.
The voters vowed to boycott the exercise protesting that the move was planned to prevent Waweru from vying.
Jubilee aspirants in Uasin Gishu have now agreed to conduct joint nominations, following in dispute resolution talks within the party. Protests had earlier risen in region with some contestants asking for separate URP/TNA nominations.
www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000075318&story_title=Kenya-Primaries-Day-2:-Violence-disrupts-polls