Jubilee postpones its Nairobi primaries to Wednesday

Jubilee Party will hold its Nairobi primaries on Wednesday.

The nominations were set to be held on Monday after they were moved from Friday last week.

Secretary-General Raphael Tuju said on Sunday that the changes were necessary because the exercise was clashing with those of other parties.

"We had moved the nominations to Tuesday but realised that ODM will also be conducting their primaries on that date. Since we will be using the same polling stations, we have therefore decided to move our primaries to Wednesday," he said.

This is the third time Jubilee Party Nairobi County nomination exercise is being rescheduled.

After a bungled exercise was witnessed in the first 21 counties that were first to go to the primaries, the party moved in and came up with new dates for the exercise.

Jubilee Party is feeling the heat in Nairobi County nominations especially in the gubernatorial race where two of the three candidates to have expressed interest to unseat the incumbent, Dr Evans Kidero β€” Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko and former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth are embroiled in a fierce battle.

This comes after a meeting, as revealed by the Sunday Nation, between the presidency and the leading contenders with the moneyed Mt Kenya tycoons who were keen to have someone they can call upon at City Hall as the 2022 succession politics came into play pulling the strings, failed to reach a deal on how to share seats and it was finally decided voters will have to make their decision.