The NARC party with Water minister Charity Ngilu (center) and MP for Mutito Kiema Kilonzo (left) on the 17th of April 2012 presented their Party registration papers at the anniversary towers to the Acting Registrar of Political Parties Lucy Ndung'u (right). The party beat the April 30th registration deadline. Photo/EMMA NZIOKA
By OLIVER MATHENGE omathenge@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Tuesday, April 17 2012 at 22:30
Posted Tuesday, April 17 2012 at 22:30
IN SUMMARY
- Kitui Central MP says her political relationship with Premier is cordial as she presents papers
Water minister Charity Ngilu’s National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) on Tuesday presented its compliance papers to the Registrar of Political Parties.
Ms Ngilu said her party will be fielding candidates for all elective positions and would select its presidential candidate at a National Delegates Conference.
The minister was, however, non-commital on whether she should be seeking the party’s endorsement for the presidential ticket.
Ms Ngilu also said she was still part of the ODM Pentagon as she “had not been removed or voted out by anyone.”
The Kitui Central MP described her relationship with ODM leader Raila Odinga as “cordial” and said her party would be continue working with like-minded leaders.
“Narc started working with ODM in 2007 as part of the grand coalition government. My political relationship with the PM has been cordial and we will continue working with all like-minded leaders. It is not the leadership that makes a party but the structures put in place,” Ms Ngilu said.
There has been speculation that Narc was one of the parties ODM deputy leader Musalia Mudavadi is set to decamp to having fallen out with Mr Odinga over the nomination of a presidential candidate in ODM.
Ms Ngilu said that other parties and leaders were welcome to join her party. “Any party is free to join Narc. This was the party that brought change in Kenya in 2002 and it represents the aspirations of the Kenyans,” Ms Ngilu said.
Present as the presentation was Mutito MP Kiema Kilonzo who said he had ditched the Wiper Democratic Movement.
Political parties are caught in a rush to beat the April 30 deadline for compliance with the Political Parties Act. Send your questions and observations for the Registrar of Political Parties, to facethepeople@ke.nationmedia.com
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