Battle for parliament majority seats; Ruto’s UDA party leads in candidates for elective seats
Ruto’s UDA party leads in most candidates sponsored for elective seats according to Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Gazette Notice.
Both Raila Odinga and William Ruto are battling for control of parliament to have an easy running of the government in the event either wins the presidential race in the August polls.
The two presidential frontrunners have instructed their lieutenants to campaign as a team to win all the seats on their home turf.
This is meant to consolidate resources and help prop up some candidates who may not be strong individually but can benefit from team effort.
Raila and Ruto have also tasked their teams to embark on door-to-door campaigns and brand the independents and those of other parties as agents of rival camps who should be rejected.
This is in a bid to ensure their respective coalitions wins majority in the National Assembly, Senate, Council of Governors, and county assembles.
Raila has been rallying for election of ODM and Azimio candidates at his political rallies.
“Don’t vote for me and leave me isolated in Parliament. I do not want to be a captive president. My opponents will intimidate me with impeachment every day. I want you to give me MPs and MCAs,” Raila said during a campaign tour of Nairobi.
Ruto’s UDA party leads in candidates for elective seats
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has published a Gazette Notice indicating that the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), a party led by Deputy President Ruto, has sponsored the most candidates for the relevant elective seats.
For the National Assembly, UDA has sponsored 261 candidates out of a total of 290 constituencies, followed by Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) with 181 candidates, and the Jubilee Party, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta, with 178 candidates.
The Wiper Democratic Movement of Kalonzo Musyoka 69, Democratic Action Party-Kenya of Eugene Wamalwa 61, and the Kenya African National Union (KANU) of Gideon Moi 78.
Musalia Mudavadi’s Amani National Congress (ANC) and Moses Wetang’ula’s Ford Kenya each have 71 and 34 candidates vying for a seat in the National Assembly.
UDA has presented 41 candidates for governor and 38 candidates for the Senate out of the 47 counties.
Additionally, the party has the most candidates running for county assembly places.
ODM has filed 23 candidates for governor and 31 individuals vying for senate seats while the ruling Jubilee party is sponsoring 25 candidates for governor and 33 for the Senate.
In the Women rep seats Azimio has a majority of aspirants (100) compared to Kenya Kwanza with 68.
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