Parties mint millions from primary disputes - News Summed Up

Parties mint millions from primary disputes


| Updated Fri, May 5th 2017 at 09:40 GMT +3Jubilee Party appeals tribunal chairperson Faith Waigwa makes a ruling at the party headquaters in Nairobi. (Photo: Boniface Okendo/Standard)Political parties are minting millions from thousands of nomination losers who have filed petitions challenging the results. After raking in billions of shillings in nomination fees – parties had imposed varying application fees to clear candidates to contest various posts – they are now cashing in on disputes arising from the party elections. Those filing petitions with the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) appeals tribunal have to cough up Sh75,000. Faith Waigwa, the Jubilee Party appeals tribunal chairperson, said they had handled 508 cases by the deadline yesterday.


Source: Standard Digital May 05, 2017 06:33 UTC



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