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Senator Mike Sonko’s supporters after a chaotic meeting where the Jubilee Party was to pick election board members at the Bomas of Kenya last week.[Photo: Willis Awandu/Standard]
The Jubilee Party has warned that it might consider locking out Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko, two governors, and a member of Parliament from its primaries because of poll violence.
The President's party has zeroed in on Mr Sonko, governors Mwangi wa Iria (Murang'a) and Joseph Ndathi (Kirinyaga), and MP David Gekaria (Nakuru Town East) for being responsible for the violence witnessed during the selection of the party's county election boards.
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