MORE than 1,200 aspirants have sought clearance to contest various seats as independent candidates, the highest number ever and expected to rise in the coming days. Many cite the spate of shambolic or unfair nominations across parties as the reason for the last- minute decisions to quit. But as disgruntled aspirants rushed to the Registrar of Political Parties to effect the changes, a court in Malindi issued orders extending the party nominations deadline by two weeks. The office of the Registrar of Political Parties in Nairobi was yesterday a hive of activity as aspirants dissatisfied with the party primaries resigned en masse. Jubilee Party started party nominations yesterday and plans to conclude the exercise tomorrow.

Source: The Star April 25, 2017 08:37 UTC