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Jubilee poll board split over Mariga candidacy

Footballer Mcdonald Mariga whose candidacy for the Kibra by-election has split the ruling Jubilee Party. [File, Standard]

Football star McDonald Mariga is among 16 aspirants who will be interviewed today for the Jubilee Party ticket — to contest the Kibra parliamentary seat — as focus now shifts to the elections board.

The exercise comes in the backdrop of reported behind-the-scenes infighting pitting President Uhuru Kenyatta's allies against Deputy President William Ruto's backers.

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