By ABIUD OCHIENGMore by this AuthorThe Party of National Unity (PNU) primaries scheduled for Saturday and Monday have been temporarily suspended. High Court Judge Roselyne Aburili granted the orders suspending the exercise in an urgent application filed by Mwajuma Rajab Abdallah, and Irene Muronji Kopi, who have claimed that the PNU primaries have been planned by persons who are not the genuine party officials. The current officials of the party, who were not consulted when the elections were held, challenged the election of the new officials before the political Parties Tribunal. However, the new officials proceed to the high court and obtained orders stopping their removal from office pending the outcome of an application they had filed to compel the register of political parties to gazette them as the new officials of PNU. According to lawyer Onyango, the orders stopping the party primaries were necessary, to enable the court determine with finality, who are the genuine party officials.

Source: Daily Nation April 21, 2017 17:15 UTC