The most affected are people with disability who are visibly missing from a number of county assemblies. In Nyeri, despite the precedent set by the previous county assembly, where there were three members with physical disability, none was nominated this year. Also at play, according to some sources, were illicit dalliances between some of those nominated and powerful forces within the political circles. Similar accusations were made before the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal in July, which led to nullification of the Jubilee Party list of nominees. Disabled Society of Kenya Executive Director Joseph Atela said most of the nominations have been at the expense of people living with disability.

Source: Standard Digital September 16, 2017 21:00 UTC