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Handpicking candidates is weakening democracy

A voter casts his ballot during United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party primaries at Nyeri County Assembly polling station, April 14, 2022. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

There is a public outcry in Homa Bay County after Raila Odinga’s ODM party gave a direct ticket to an aspirant seeking the governor’s seat in the coming General Election. The story is the same in Siaya where another of his loyalists was handed a direct ticket for the governor’s seat.

Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), on the other hand, negotiated on who will run on the party’s ticket for Senate and governor in Nairobi and Kakamega. In Nairobi, Woman Representative aspirant Delvine Moraa is crying foul after Dr Ruto announced that Millicent Omanga had been offered direct nomination.

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