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MPs seek change in law to allow nomination of presidential poll losers to Parliament

Justice and Legal Affairs committee Chairman Samuel Chepkonga. Two House teams want electoral laws amended to allow political parties to nominate Presidential election losers into Parliament. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Two House teams want electoral laws amended to allow political parties to nominate Presidential election losers into Parliament.

The Justice and Legal Affairs committee and the Constitutional Oversight Implementation Committee want changes allowing political parties to present their nomination lists to the electoral commission after a general election. This effectively provides a blank cheque for losing candidates to nominate themselves to the August House.

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