Jubilee nominees meet to counter wave of Independents

Jubilee Party nominees from Mt Kenya region address the press after a meeting at the Sweetwaters Tented Camp in Laikipia County. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Jubilee Party nominees from 11 counties in Mt Kenya region have dismissed independent candidates supporting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in the coming August contest.

More than 40 nominees met yesterday at Sweetwaters Camp in Nanyuki for a strategy meeting to shore up voter numbers and counter the wave of independents. But key on their agenda was the issue of independent candidates, who they branded a “coalition of losers”.