NO MONEY FOR PNU

The High Court in Nairobi Thursday stopped the Party of National Unity (PNU) from distributing over 200 million shillings to its affiliate parties.

This is after Narc Kenya moved to court claiming that the money was being distributed in contravention of the Political Parties Act.

Justice Roslyn Wendo said that Narc Kenya has a strong case and that the PNU agreement that was arrived at on the 9th of November this year could not override the clear provisions of the law.

A section of the parties making the PNU conglomerate agreed on a formula on how to share out the party's allocation but NARC Kenya headed by Martha Karua moved to court claiming that the parties and the registrar of political parties had contravened the law in the agreement.

Narc Kenya further claimed 60% of the allocation arguing that it contributed the highest number of votes in parliament.

Justice Wendo ruled that Narc Kenya's lawyer Cecil Miller had presented a strong case and that the court has to determine whether PNU can be allowed to disregard Act.

She said the court needs to rule on whether the administration of the funds is with the political parties or the registrar of political parties.

She directed that the matter be fast tracked saying that if this is not done it is likely to paralyze the operations of PNU.