| Updated Thu, July 20th 2017 at 09:04 GMT +3Candidates sponsored by major parties have launched a last-ditch attempt to fight off independent candidates associating themselves with President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga. They have accused their opponents of blackmailing Uhuru and Raila into supporting them, thus denying them opportunity to benefit from the leaders' popularity in their respective strongholds. This was after Governor Joshua Irungu's perceived ally petitioned IEBC to stop Mr Muriithi from associating himself with Uhuru and Jubilee Party. It was the same case between Kasarani Jubilee candidate Mercy Gakuya and independent aspirant John Njoroge. Ms Gakuya is accusing the incumbent, Mr Njoroge, of using posters bearing Jubilee colours and symbols after losing in the party primaries.

Source: Standard Digital July 20, 2017 06:00 UTC