By MAUREEN KAKAHMore by this AuthorFormer Mungiki leader Maina Njenga on Thursday got reprieve after Political Parties’ Disputes tribunal extended the deadline for submission of nomination papers by two weeks. A five-member tribunal issued the directive in a case in which Mr Njenga sued Jubilee Party for rejecting his nomination papers for the Laikipia Senatorial seat. “We direct that the deadline for the submission of nomination papers only for the Laikipia Senator Position be extended by 14 days. The tribunal was expected to give a ruling on whether to issue a temporary order compelling Jubilee Party to accept his nomination papers unconditionally. Mr Njenga wants it declared that the decision by JP to reject his nomination papers is illegal, null and void.

Source: Daily Nation March 09, 2017 19:22 UTC