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Police restrains agents of aspirants from clashing during the ODM party nominations in Embakasi East. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili/Standard)
More than 1,500 aspirants who lost in the just-concluded party nominations have resigned from their parties to pave the way for their candidature as independents.
By Friday, the office of the Registrar of Political Parties had received the resignation notices. Registrar of Political Parties Lucy Ndung’u Sunday said the figure could hit 2,000 by today as parties concluded their nominations Sunday.
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