| Updated Mon, May 29th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3From Left: Ekuru Auko, Abduba Dida and Joe NyagahThe electoral commission cleared Third Way Alliance presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot to vie for the presidency as another hopeful was turned away. Encountered an obstacleAlliance for Real Change presidential candidate Abduba Dida was cleared hours after his bid had encountered an obstacle. Independent aspirant Joseph Nyaga suffered a setback because his nomination papers were not in order. Mr Nyaga, who is running as an independent candidate, was turned away because he presented a banker’s check of Sh250,000 instead of Sh200,000. The commission is expected to continue sitting this morning to receive nomination papers from the remaining presidential candidates - President Uhuru Kenyatta, Cyrus Jirongo, and Michael Mwaura.

Source: Standard Digital May 28, 2017 19:50 UTC