UDA party will not field a candidate in the upcoming by-election in Garissa county but instead will back the son of the late senator Yusuf Haji who will fly the Jubilee ticket. The Garissa's by-election slated for May 18 comes following the demise of Senator Yusuf Haji on February 15 after a long illness. He was first elected in 2013 on the defunct TNA and in 2017, he won his second term on the Jubilee party ticket. In the Juja by-election which the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has schedule run concurrently with the Garissa one, the stakes are high. Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria said his party- the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) is in talks with UDA to agree to field a joint candidate.

Source: The Star March 10, 2021 08:12 UTC