Pandemic gives party officials reprieve as elections called off

The coronavirus pandemic could be a blessing in disguise for mandarins at the helm of Kenya’s three top political parties.

Jubilee Party, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga’s ODM and Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper Democratic Movement were due to hold elections in the first quarter of this year, with the Political Parties Registrar giving them a March 29 deadline.