Political Parties Disputes Tribunal Chairman Kyalo Mbobu (center) in a
pensive mood during the hearing of an election petition. He ordered
Amani National Congress to withdraw its list of nominees and compose a
new one. PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Nasa co-principal Musalia Mudavadi’s ANC party
may lose out on nomination slots in Parliament and county assemblies if
it fails to comply with an order by the Political Parties Dispute
Tribunal.
On July 27, the tribunal’s
chairman Kyalo Mbobu ordered the party to withdraw its list of nominees
and compose a fresh one after one of its members, Alexander Lunani,
complained of having been irregularly substituted in the Kakamega County
list.
Almost a month down the line, ANC is yet to comply with the order.
“The
respondent is hereby directed to withdraw the final list of nominees
submitted to the IEBC and restore the complainant’s name on the
re-constituted party list,” Mr Mbobu said.
COMMISSION RULES
The
evidence presented before the tribunal shows that ANC National
Chairman, Kelvin Lunani, did not sign the statutory form 6 before
forwarding the lists, which goes against the commission’s rules.
The
party was also reminded of its failure to comply with representation of
ethnic diversities and warned against using the list to “pacify” party
nomination losers.
Mr Mudavadi’s
party filed the list on June 20 and is entitled to two nominees of the
12 slots in the National Assembly, one of the 20 in the Senate and 15
out of hundreds in the county assemblies, according to the revised
formula that allocates seats on the basis of party strength.
SWEARING-IN
The
electoral commission is required to pick and gazette the successful
nominees to parliament and county assemblies before the end of this week
to pave the way for their swearing-in.
The commission said Tuesday that it will gazette MPs and MCAs on Wednesday.
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