Parties rush to pick candidates for top job

Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka (left), Secretary General Hassan Omar and David Musila with party members during National Executive Council, Wiper Movement meeting on Tuesday, Nov 15, 2016. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

Nine months to the General Election, three CORD parties have planned meetings to endorse presidential candidates.

The planned events come barely a month after President Uhuru Kenyatta of Jubilee Party and Raila Odinga of ODM held their National Governing Council meetings at Bomas of Kenya to set off their presidential campaigns.