Kajiado by-election loss jolts JAP take-off

President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, presents a nomination certificate to Kajiado Central JAP candidate Mr Patrick Ole Tutui, left in a yellow cap, at the party headquarters in Lavington, Nairobi. [PHOTO: GOVEDI ASUSTA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: Last week’s Kajiado Central by-election may have come too early for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP), leading to its loss.

Insiders say JAP fielded its first candidate only three months after it was formed and conducted campaigns without elaborate grassroots party structures.