Defections, court battles and violence rock Jubilee elections

Aspirant protests at Nyeri National polytechnic on 15 December 2016,during the meeting to select Jubilee Party interim officials in Nyeri which was marred by chaos. Threats of lawsuits, claims of vote-rigging and defections marked the fourth day of selection of Jubilee Party leaders across the party’s strongholds in the Rift Valley and Mt Kenya regions. (PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/ STANDARD)

Threats of lawsuits, claims of vote-rigging and defections marked the fourth day of selection of Jubilee Party leaders across the party’s strongholds in the Rift Valley and Mt Kenya regions.

While violence disrupted the exercise in Embu, Laikipia, Tharaka Nithi, Nyeri and Nakuru counties, in some regions many of the leaders who were favoured by well-established politicians lost out.