Parties’ shambolic primaries soiling our democracy profile

While the General Election set for August 8, in many areas the polls will be decided in the next three weeks, when parties hold their primaries.

Indeed for a select few in ODM, the corking of champagne bottles commenced this week with the issuance of the direct nomination tickets. I say a few because when one goes through the list of those granted direct nominations, it consists of aspirants taking part in heavily contested seats.