TNA upset after alliance parties field candidates
From left: Presidential aspirants Raphael Tuju, Uhuru Kenyatta and Eugene Wamalwa after a meeting in Nairobi on Wednesday during which they agreed to work together. Photo/JENIFFER MUIRURI NATION MEDIA GROUP
By OLIVER MATHENGE omathenge@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Sunday, August 26 2012 at 23:30
Posted Sunday, August 26 2012 at 23:30
IN SUMMARY
- Uhuru’s party accuses GNU, APK and PNU of failing to honour pact to hold joint nominations
- TNA signed an agreement with GNU, PNU and APK where they agreed not only to support Mr Kenyatta’s presidential bid but to also hold joint nominations.
- The parties gave direct tickets to their candidates instead of holding competitive nominations with TNA
The union between Mr Uhuru Kenyatta’s The National Alliance and other parties appears headed for a bumpy ride as the dust settles on the recently concluded nominations for next month’s by-elections.
TNA feels that the attempt to block its candidates was a plot by the other parties, including Alliance Party of Kenya (APK), Grand National Union (GNU), Wiper and Party of National Unity (PNU), to portray it as a party where aspirants should not expect fairness.
The decision by these parties to field candidates at the by-election has also upset Mr Kenyatta and TNA given that the Deputy Prime Minister signed an agreement of working together with them.
TNA signed an agreement with GNU, PNU and APK where they agreed not only to support Mr Kenyatta’s presidential bid but to also hold joint nominations.
TNA’s insiders have revealed that it was expected that these parties would have their candidates participate in TNA’s nominations. However, some of them went ahead to directly nominate candidates for the Kangema and the Kajiado North seats.
The parties gave direct tickets to their candidates instead of holding competitive nominations with TNA.TNA now sees this as a way of ensuring that all parties that support Mr Kenyatta field candidates, thus denying the party a majority vote.
“We are aware of certain forces that are trying to discredit TNA. We have seen their hand in all this and will expose them. They are the ones who have even compromised the presiding officers who are now making such allegations (that TNA nominations were fraud),” TNA chairman Johnson Sakaja told the Nation on Sunday.
Mr Kenyatta has insisted that he would wish to have all the parties supporting him under one umbrella, arguing that having all field candidates would deny him the majority in Parliament, if he wins the presidency.
“No one political party has the capacity to win the General Election,” he said during a recent joint meeting. (READ: MPs urge parties backing Uhuru to merge)
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