[PHOTO: Mose Sammy, Standard]Boycott by key aspirants and poor preparations marred the start of Jubilee Party primaries in its Mt Kenya stronghold on Friday. Claims of rigging emerged in Nyeri, with a bundle of pre-marked ballot papers intercepted in Mukurwe-ini. A suspect was locked up at Mukurwe-ini Police Station after ballot papers were found in his car. The suspect had pre-marked ballots in favour of a gubernatorial aspirant, a senatorial aspirant and a Tetu constituency aspirant. ALSO READ: Ruto now laughs at Jubilee Party over failed primariesAngry voters“It is an embarrassment to Jubilee Party that this will happen to us.

Source: Standard Digital April 22, 2017 06:11 UTC