UDA Denies Alfred Keter His Nomination Ticket; But Dares The Party For Political Duel
UDA Denies Alfred Keter His Nomination Ticket; But Dares The Party For Political Duel in The August General Elections.
The United Democratic Alliance’s (UDA) Electoral and Nominations Dispute Resolution Committee has declared the Nandi Hills parliamentary nominations null and void.
In the primaries held on Tuesday, incumbent MP Alfred Keter was declared the winner after receiving 10,363 votes, surpassing his nearest opponent Bernard Kitur, who received 7,468 votes.
Kitur presented the nomination results to the dispute committee, emphasizing a number of factors to demonstrate that the process was compromised by fraud.
The despute committee ruled that there were inadequate ballot papers in several polling stations, denying a majority of people the right to vote.
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UDA Denies Alfred Keter Nomination Ticket
UDA finally settled on Mr Bernard Kitur as its candidate for the constituency in the August elections, after nullfying Alfred Keter’s nomination.
Meanwhile, the Nandi Hills MP will defend his seat as an independent candidate.
But Mr Keter, responding to the verdict on Sunday for the first time since it was delivered, said the cancellation of his win was never a coincidence.
Mr Keter dared the UDA party to a duel in the August General Election for the Nandi Hills seat, revealing that he will be resigning from UDA.
“There was nothing like a tribunal. It was just a rubber stamp to perpetuate an injustice and subvert the will of Nandi Hills constituents. But I am warning them of a humiliating defeat in the General Election because I will defend my seat as an independent candidate. My denial of the certificate was not a coincidence,” he said.
The fiery legislator, who has been at loggerheads with elected leaders allied to Deputy President William Ruto, said all the evidence supplied to the tribunal was part of a wider scheme to deny him the nomination ticket because it was evident that Nandi Hills people would nominate him at the primaries.
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