They complained that all the clerks scheduled to carry out the vote were supporters of Mr Mruttu’s rival, Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadeghu. “If we accept the process to go on, we will have already lost the vote,” said Mr Kimonge. Let the party hear our issues," said Mr Mruttu, adding that he had already alerted the party’s deputy leader, also Mombasa Governor, Hassan Joho, “who is keenly pursuing the matter”. SHAMBOLIC PRIMARIESBut, speaking in Voi during a rally, Mr Mwadeghu dismissed the claims, and instead accused Mr Mruttu of using county government resources to conduct his campaigns. Mr Mruttu, however, insisted that the primaries would be flawed if the party’s election board does not intervene.

Source: Daily Nation April 17, 2017 18:11 UTC