Questions abound over delay to appoint Registrar of Political Parties months to Kenya's general election

Lucy Ndung’u, the current holder of the office in acting capacity for four years. CAJ insists that the ‘acting capacity’ by the then Registrar was a temporary measure and part of the transition process to the new regime under the Act; it was never intended to be perpetual. (PHOTO: COURTESY) 

With slightly over a year to the next elections, concern is rising over delay to appoint a substantive Registrar of Political Parties.

Among those questioning the delay is the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ), which in an advisory to the President last month, sought to have the position urgently declared vacant to facilitate recruitment of a substantive holder.