Hundreds of TNA members missing from list

Nakuru senator aspirant James Mungai registers as a voter in Ndabibi, Naivasha constituency. [Photo:Antony Gitonga/Naivasha]

By Antony Gitonga      
NAIVASHA, KENYA: Major irregularities have emerged in the ongoing member registration of TNA barely a month to the party's nominations.

It’s now emerging that names of hundreds of the party members who have registered in the grassroots are not reflected in the national list.

As a result aspirants of the party have expressed their concern that hundreds could be locked from the primaries if the anomaly is not urgently addressed.

According to Nakuru senator aspirant James Mungai the issue was bringing confusion and raising anxiety.

He said that a thousand of party members had registered but their names were missing from the main list.

"On checking, we have come to learn that the names of many members across the country are not reflected in the main TNA registration list," he said.

According to him the party had a mobile number where registered members would send their ID numbers for confirmation but many results were negative.

He called on the party headquarters to urgently address the issue before the primaries on January 7th 2013.

Mungai was speaking to the press in Ndabibi Naivasha after registering as a voter.

He praised area residents for turning up in large numbers in the exercise noting that over 99,000 people had so far registered.

"The IEBC had set a target of 104,000 but so far over 99,000 in Naivasha and this is kudos to the voters," he said.

On his part councilor Kamanu Gathariki noted that the issue of registration was very sensitive and could affect the nominations.

Kamanu said that if not addressed many of the TNA members could be locked from participating in the nominations.

"We are troubled by this anomaly and we call on the party headquarters to move with haste and solve the problem," he said.